What is the drug of choice in your area?

[Momma1RN]

Where I live, the drug of choice is almost exclusively heroin. I am well versed in the treatment of heroin overdoses and the resources for those who use, as we have several per day on average. I've never dealt with a patient on bath salts, meth, crack, etc. , at least to my knowledge. I'm getting ready to relocate to a different region and i'm realizing I may have to educate myself on other presentations for other substances!

[fawnmarie, ASN]

Crack cocaine in the inner city, and methamphetamine in the outlying rural areas. This is the South, and meth is really a big problem here.

[Spidey's mom, ADN, BSN, RN]

Meth for sure. Lots and lots of it.

[NotYourMamasRN]

Heroin and opioid prescription medication abuse.

[A&Ox6, MSN, RN]

Heroin, alcohol and benzodiazepines. Just a disclaimer, I work inpatient psych.

[emtb2rn, BSN, RN, EMT-B]

Alcohol & opiates mostly. Spice frequent but not daily like the first 2.

[B52, BSN, MSN, RN]

Flakka and opiates.

[NutmeggeRN, BSN]

NH Northern New England

Heroin/Fentanyl

Alcohol

Pot

[BCgradnurse, MSN, RN, NP]

Heroin, opioids, and alcohol

[BuckyBadgerRN, ASN, RN]

Eylea. I work in ophthalmology, with a ton of macular degeneration patients. We inject a lot of Eylea. Average age 80+. Not a lot of street drug action in my job

[calivianya, BSN, RN]

I see a lot of heroin in my city... but lots of people are starting to shoot up Opana, too. I feel like I see way more people die of the heart failure from the IV Opana than the IV heroin. It seems like it's about a 50/50 shot with the heroin users whether they end up with vegetation on their heart valves, but every single Opana injector I've taken care of ends up with vegetation and needs at least one new valve.

[Graduatenurse14]

I'm in the Mid-Atlantic/Northeast.

1. Alcohol

2. Opioids

3. Pot

[nlitened]

Flakka is a huge thing in my area right now