Drug Reference Vocabulary

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The Drug Reference Vocabulary (DRV) is a classification system for all the substances collected by DAWN (drug-related emergency department visits and drug-related deaths investigated by partcipating medical examiners/coroners). This Excel file includes brand, drug, and category names and codes for illicit drugs, prescription and over-the-counter pharmaceuticals, inhalants and alcohol. It is derived from the Multum Lexicon, © 2012 Lexi-Comp, Inc. and/or Cerner Multum, Inc. The classification was modified to meet DAWN\'s unique requirements.The Multum Licensing Agreement governing use of the Lexicon can be found on the SAMHSA site athttps://www.samhsa.gov/data/sites/default/files/MultumLicenseAgreement/….

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21 Visit the original government dataset for complete information, documentation, and data access. https://www.samhsa.gov/data/report/drug-reference-vocabulary

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  • dawn-data
  • substance-abuse
  • drug-classification
  • samhsa
  • drug-vocabulary

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