The Pharmaco-Ecology of Gun Violence: A Pilot Investigation

Site PI: Harrison Alter, MD, MS

Funder: The Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE)

It is a truism that guns and drugs don't mix, but in certain social settings they appear to be inextricable. This small exploratory study, in collaboration with toxicologists and emergency physicians at the University of California, Fresno and anthropologists at aims to understand the interplay between the substances that gun-injured patients believe they use and why, as well as what is actually in their bloodstream at the time of their injury.