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Abdominal complications from crack cocaine [PDF]
Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England, 2004 Not only is cocaine a powerfully addictive and dangerous drug of abuse, the use of the purified cocaine derivative crack has also reached epidemic proportions. Apart from causing fatal cardiorespiratory complications, crack cocaine is capable of producing surgical emergencies, which may or may not be associated with the pharmacology of cocaine itself ...
Chan, YC +3 more
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BMC Psychiatry, 2017 Background The aim of this study was to compare sociodemographic characteristics, patterns of drug use, and risky sexual behaviour among female and male users of crack cocaine.
Rafael Alves Guimarães +9 more
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Education and equipment for people who smoke crack cocaine in Canada: progress and limits
Harm Reduction Journal, 2017 Background People who smoke crack cocaine experience a wide variety of health-related issues. However, public health programming designed for this population is limited, particularly in comparison with programming for people who inject drugs.
Carol Strike, Tara Marie Watson
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Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2018 Background: Non-invasive brain stimulation such as transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) has been investigated as additional therapeutic tool for drug use disorder.
Jaisa Klauss +7 more
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Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Public HealthBackground: In Europe, crack cocaine use is mainly observed in vulnerable and marginalized groups, many of whom have other substance use problems, including heroin-related problems.
Raimondo Pavarin
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Public health reports (1974), 2021 In 2019, Connecticut launched an opioid overdose–monitoring program to provide rapid intervention and limit opioid overdose–related harms. The Connecticut Statewide Opioid Response Directive (SWORD)—a collaboration among the Connecticut State Department ...
Peter Canning +11 more
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Associations amongst form of cocaine used (powder vs crack vs both) and HIV-related outcomes
Addictive Behaviors Reports, 2021 Introduction: Cocaine (including powder and crack) use is common among people with HIV (PWH). We identified socio-demographic and behavioral factors associated with cocaine use (overall and various forms) among PWH; we also examined differences in HIV ...
Yiyang Liu +4 more
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Harm Reduction Journal, 2022 © The Author(s) 2022. Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate ...
Andrew J. Goulian +4 more
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