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    • Drug Reference Vocabulary

    Metadata Updated: September 6, 2025

    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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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Metadata Created Date July 24, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date September 6, 2025

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    Harvested from Healthdata.gov

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date July 24, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date September 6, 2025
    Publisher Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
    Maintainer
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    Data First Published 2025-07-14
    Data Last Modified 2025-09-06
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    Homepage URL https://healthdata.gov/d/3dv4-tick
    Program Code 009:068
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