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We need a stricter test of psychiatric drugs with patient-relevant outcomes, real comparators, long-term outcomes, and assessment of harms.

Understand the scope of alcohol and cocaine use and their effects on ED visits;  Comprehend the various routes of administration and effects of alcohol ingestion; Demonstrate knowledge of cocaine use and overdose interventions; Understand recent ‘designer drugs’ and chemically modified narcotics.  Drug overdoses are routinely seen in trauma bays and emergency departments worldwide. The increasingly complex methods employed to develop and consume drugs make detection of side effects and po...