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Impact of COVID-19 on drug markets, use, harms and drug services in Europe
Journal of Geography, Politics and Society, 2022 Since early 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a dramatic impact on the way we live, with European countries having to introduce unprecedented measures to protect public health. As with all areas of life, drug consumption, related harms and drug markets
Alessandro Pirona +12 more
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Benzodiazepine Use in Opioid Maintenance Treatment Programme: Risks and Clinical Outcomes
Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2021 Introduction: The co-association of benzodiazepines and opioids is associated with an increased risk of overdose, death, and poorer psychosocial prognosis.
Catarina Oliveira +7 more
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Effects and associated transcriptomic landscape changes of methamphetamine on immune cells
BMC Medical Genomics, 2022 Background Methamphetamine (METH) abuse causes serious health problems, including injury to the immune system, leading to increased incidence of infections and even making withdrawal more difficult.
Deshenyue Kong +9 more
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Scientific Reports, 2021 Psychiatric disorders such as anxiety and depression precipitated by substance use occurred during both use and withdrawal. Exosomes play significant roles in biological functions and regulate numerous physiological and pathological processes in various ...
Fengrong Chen +13 more
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Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2021 Synergistic impairment of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) induced by methamphetamine (METH) and HIV-Tat protein increases the risk of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND) in HIV-positive METH abusers.
Jian Huang +19 more
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Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2022 Methamphetamine (METH) addiction and withdrawal cause serious harm to both the immune system and nervous system. However, the pathogenesis remains largely unknown.
Hongjin Wu +13 more
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Gray-matter structure in long-term abstinent methamphetamine users
BMC Psychiatry, 2020 Background Previous studies of brain structure in methamphetamine users have yielded inconsistent findings, possibly reflecting small sample size and inconsistencies in duration of methamphetamine abstinence as well as sampling and analyses methods. Here
Lili Nie +7 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2017 Background: The risk of developing a problem gambling behavior is distributed unequally among the population. For example, individuals who report stressful life events, show impairments of mental health or belong to a socio-economically deprived group ...
Sven Buth +9 more
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Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 2022 Background: Individuals with opioid dependence experience stigma and discrimination. Stigma can potentially reduce treatment-seeking and negatively affect treatment outcomes.
Abhishek Ghosh +6 more
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