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Economic evaluation of diversion programs for people with drug-related legal involvement: a systematic review [PDF]

open access: yesBMC Public Health
Background Implementing community-based diversion programs (DPs) as an alternative to incarcerating people who use drugs has yielded potentially beneficial, yet conflicting evidence regarding cost-effectiveness.
Kyung-ae Nam   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Focus on Over-the-Counter Drugs' Misuse: A Systematic Review on Antihistamines, Cough Medicines, and Decongestants

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychiatry, 2021
Background: Over the past 20 years or so, the drug misuse scenario has seen the emergence of both prescription-only and over-the-counter (OTC) medications being reported as ingested for recreational purposes.
Fabrizio Schifano   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Associations between opioid overdose deaths and drugs confiscated by law enforcement and submitted to crime laboratories for analysis, United States, 2014–2019: an observational studyResearch in context

open access: yesThe Lancet Regional Health. Americas, 2023
Summary: Background: The overdose epidemic in the United States (US) continues to generate unprecedented levels of mortality. There is urgent need for a national data system capable of yielding high-quality, timely, and actionable information on ...
Jon E. Zibbell   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Misuse of Anticholinergic Medications: A Systematic Review

open access: yesBiomedicines, 2022
(1) Background: Over the last decade, misuse and diversion of medications has appeared to be increasingly concerning phenomena, including a range of different molecules.
Stefania Chiappini   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Quetiapine and olanzapine misuse prevalence in a US general population sample [PDF]

open access: yesMental Health Clinician, 2023
Introduction: Second-generation antipsychotics (SGA) are associated with misuse potential; however, there are limited data describing the prevalence and characteristics of this misuse.
Kirk E Evoy, PharmD, BCACP, BC-ADM, CTTS   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pharmacy Internal Controls: A Call for Greater Vigilance during the COVID-19 Pandemic

open access: yesPharmacy, 2020
For businesses that store physical goods, managing product inventories and financial cost accounting controls are critical. Pharmacies are under considerable scrutiny, due to the nature of their merchandise, making internal controls even more vital.
Andrew N. Mason
doaj   +1 more source

Benzodiazepines reported in NFLIS-Drug, 2015 to 2018

open access: yesForensic Science International: Synergy, 2021
The National Forensic Laboratory Information System (NFLIS) is a program of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Diversion Control Division. The NFLIS-Drug component collects drug identification results and associated information from drug cases ...
Katherine Bollinger   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

What about “Pharming”? Issues Regarding the Misuse of Prescription and Over-the-Counter Drugs

open access: yesBrain Sciences, 2020
Recently, a range of prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) drugs have emerged as being used recreationally, either on their own or in combination with other substances, both licit and illicit, including new psychoactive substances (NPS).
Stefania Chiappini, Fabrizio Schifano
doaj   +1 more source

International mechanisms to combat illicit drug trafficking [PDF]

open access: yesالرافدین للحقوق, 2020
For the sake of international cooperation and an integrated and balanced strategy against global drugs and in the spirit of shared responsibility, the number of countries that have taken concrete steps towards strengthening their national drug control ...
shaimaa ALlayla
doaj   +1 more source

Simulating Serial-Target Antibacterial Drug Synergies Using Flux Balance Analysis. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2016
Flux balance analysis (FBA) is an increasingly useful approach for modeling the behavior of metabolic systems. However, standard FBA modeling of genetic knockouts cannot predict drug combination synergies observed between serial metabolic targets, even ...
Andrew S Krueger   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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