IDEM Systems

02/24/2023

Another demo of the IDEM Drug Data Analytics software, this time showing the illicit drug supply in Broward County - home of Fort Lauderdale. In 2022, Broward had over 700 drug deaths - over 500 deaths involving illicit 🤯. There was also some presence of “tranq dope” (xylazine) in the drug supply, in which xylazine is mixed with illicit fentanyl… xylazine is not an opioid so Narcan does not work for overdoses caused by xylazine.

Aside from co***ne, is also flooded with cathinones (bath salts), more specifically PiHP, pentylone, dim**hylpentylone, and eutylone. Data indicates that users are intentionally “speed balling” their illicit fentanyl with co***ne, m**h, or cathinones. The illicit fentanyl itself isn’t safe because it’s already a mixture impurities that we’re never removed from the illicit manufacture of fentanyl, so mixing it with stimulants is a riskier combination of substances.

If you recall, bath salts caused a national stir in 2012 when media reported on the “ attack” in which a guy allegedly high on bath salts was eating a homeless man’s face… in the end, officials concluded he wasn’t high on cathinones, but the “zombie attack” is forever associated in our minds with “bath salts”.

With this data, our goal is to alert agencies and communities of the illicit drugs on the street to enhance a more effective drug interdiction and response. Be safe out there residents 🥺.

02/20/2023

Our mission is to help and agencies combat the drug epidemic. In Orange County ( ), 2022 was a record year for drug involved deaths. Over 500 drug-involvesddeaths, including 400+ deaths that involved illicit .

Here is a demo of IDEM Systems Drug Data Analytics software, showing all the illicit fentanyl death cases in the Orlando area. This will streamline the analysis of drug to help with investigations and initiatives.

In 2023, every adult may personally know someone that has died of illicit drugs in their community and this issue is hitting closer and closer to home.

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02/07/2023

Here is a showing a little bit of what the IDEM Systems Drug Data Analytics software can do.

This is an illicit drug map of the area. Each blue marker represents the location of an illicit fentanyl-involved death.

This is data that doesn’t get utilized enough (or at all) to curb drug deaths. With this information, we can enable agencies to warn those that use illicit substances when there are “bad batches” in the region and/or we can help units clearly see which cases are related to each other so they can close investigations faster.

If your agency is looking to how they handle the drug , please DM us, especially if you’re based in Florida!

08/13/2021

Thank you, Marco Santana for the feature story!

Our goal is to provide a technological solution that will curb overdoses in this drug epidemic. The rise of counterfeit and other illicit drugs and that are mixed with unknown (and possibly hazardous) substances have contributed to the drastic increase of U.S. drug overdose deaths. Last year, an estimated 93,000 people died of a drug overdose. Without more effective and new social policies, vulnerable people will continue to succumb to this epidemic.

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07/06/2021

To help bring the drug overdose numbers down in the , it is vital for agencies to have faster drug intelligence to get deadly illicit and counterfeit drugs out of our communities and out the reach of our most vulnerable citizens.

It's time to admit that the drug epidemic is completely out of control. The "war against drugs" has been endless, and the annual overdose death data over the last decade indicates that the U.S.

06/25/2021

We look forward to Demo Day to present our Drug Intelligience System that will help adequately combat the drug epidemic!

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06/06/2021

There is a huge disconnect between many of our elected/public officials and the drug epidemic in . While people die from overdose, (federal and level) target the wrong problems without finding solutions to the real issues.

Florida legislators need to understand the drug epidemic so that they can help law enforcement agencies combat the overdose epidemic.

05/30/2021

We started a new blog on our website. Check out Dr. Nash’s take on the illicit drug problem in and rest of the .

The drug and opioid epidemic is killing too many Americans and law enforcement agencies do not have the drug test kits to stop it.

05/17/2021

In 2019, 5147 people died of a drug overdose in our home state . The 2020 data is projected to report ~8000 dead and 25-44 year old Floridians have been feeling the worst of it. Your matters.

05/01/2021

Addiction and drug overdoses have been a growing problem in America. The CDC projections for drug OD deaths in 2020 is expected to reach a record-high ~90k. That's nearly DOUBLE the the 2014 numbers 🤯.

04/27/2021

"Opioids" is a buzz word when discussing overdoses in the . Although they contribute they are NOT ALWAYS the lone culprit. Many times (and in the case of the linked story out of St. Pete ) multiple drugs in addition to are found in the deceased (i.e. co***ne, benzos)- which is common in accidental ODs involving illicit & counterfeit drugs. This is known as polysubstance overdose.

No matter how much regulation there is on prescription opioids, illicit and counterfeit drug supplies will continue to largely contribute to overdose deaths if public officials, lawmakers, and law enforcement do not change their scope on how to deal with them.

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