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Decriminalization or more treatment? Comparing 2 approaches to the drug overdose crisis. [PDF]

J Psychiatry Neurosci
Caswell C, Krausz RM, Leyton M.
europepmc   +1 more source

A call for action: Closing the evidence gap in management of stimulant‐induced psychosis

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Stimulant‐induced psychosis (StIP) is emerging as one of most pressing health challenges. Over the past two decades, stimulant‐related harms and psychiatric care demands have risen sharply. Individuals with StIP often present with severe agitation and high suicide risk, and up to half progress to chronic psychotic illness within two
Anne Bouthillier, Heidar Sharafi, Adam Bisaga, Didier Jutras‐Aswad   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

What anabolic–androgenic steroids reveal about the limits of current harm reduction models

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Harm reduction has largely been shaped by responses to psychoactive drug use where the most urgent harms are acute. These models focus on overdose, blood‐borne viruses, and rapid‐onset toxicity related harms. When applied wholesale to anabolic–androgenic steroids (AAS), they obscure the distinctive pharmacology, consumer typologies,
Timothy Piatkowski, Jason M. Nagata, Suzanne Nielsen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pharmacobezoars: the challenges of gastric lavage for a patient with drug overdose. [PDF]

World J Emerg Med
Wang H, Tang Q, Hua S, Su S, Bi C, Xu J, Chai Y, Wang L.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The evolution of Australian cannabis policies, 1967 to 2024

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Aim To describe the outcomes of cannabis policy debates in Australia from 1967 to 2024. Methods We searched popular media, public reports, parliamentary inquiries and policy documents on cannabis in Australia since the 1960s and examined peer reviewed papers, national survey data and police records of cannabis‐related arrests.
Wayne D. Hall, Danielle Dawson, Ben Johnson, Tesfa M. Yimer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Drug sellers' use of a drug checking service amid the overdose crisis in British Columbia, Canada

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Aims This study examined the use of a drug checking service by drug sellers in British Columbia, Canada, to assess motivations for service use and substances intended for distribution, focusing on risks associated with an unstable illicit drug market.
Pablo Gonzalez‐Nieto, Bruce Wallace, Collin Kielty, Irene Shkolnikov, Ava Margolese, Jaime Arredondo Sanchez Lira, Chris Gill, Dennis Hore   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘Emptiness filled with love’: A reflexive thematic analysis of chemsex trajectories among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in Almaty, Kazakhstan, using a life course framework

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims The intentional use of psychoactive substances to enhance sexual experiences, known as chemsex, is associated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission, psychological distress and social isolation among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM).
Nikolay Lunchenkov, Nadezhda Cherchenko, Elena German, Susanna Rinne‐Wolf   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

MRI imaging manifestations of severe toxic encephalopathy induced by excessive metoclopramide and multiple drug overdose: a case report. [PDF]

Front Pharmacol
Liang P, Tang Y, Zhang X, Zhang L, Zhao J, Tang H, Wu Z, Fang Q, Fang Z, Zhao Z, Liu X.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Context, mechanisms and outcomes of a social enterprise model of residential rehabilitation for problem substance use: A realist‐informed process evaluation

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims This study evaluated a three‐year residential rehabilitation programme, which aimed to support recovery from problem substance use via peer support and social enterprise activities. The aims were to clarify programme mechanisms and identify contextual factors associated with variation in outcomes.
Martin Anderson, Lucy Pickering, Mark McCann   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source