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Evaluation of factors related to overdose in patients with impaired consciousness who are transported by emergency medical services: an age-specific research

Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Care and Sciences, 2021
Background Drug overdose accounts for most of the admissions to the emergency department. Prescription drugs, most of which are psychotropic medications, are often misused for drug overdose.
Kazuki Nagashima, Megumi Sumida, Shoichi Imanaka, Tatsuro Kuwabara, Ichiro Kaneko, Yasufumi Miyake, Nobuhiro Yasuno, Fumio Itagaki, Machiko Watanabe   +8 more
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Psychiatric intervention and repeated admission to emergency centres due to drug overdose

BJPsych Open, 2015
Background Repeated drug overdose is a major risk factor for suicide.
Akiko Kanehara, Hayato Yamana, Hideo Yasunaga, Hiroki Matsui, Shuntaro Ando, Tsuyoshi Okamura, Yousuke Kumakura, Kiyohide Fushimi, Kiyoto Kasai   +8 more
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Exploring the Influence of Drug Trafficking Gangs on Overdose Deaths in the Largest Narcotics Market in the Eastern United States

Social Sciences, 2020
Research has found that drug markets tend to cluster in space, potentially because of the profit that can be made when customers are drawn to areas with multiple suppliers.
Nicole J. Johnson, Caterina G. Roman, Alyssa K. Mendlein, Courtney Harding, Melissa Francis, Laura Hendrick   +5 more
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Virtual overdose monitoring services/mobile overdose response services: estimated number of potentially averted drug poisoning fatality events by various telephone and digital-based overdose prevention/harm reduction services in North America

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
BackgroundVirtual overdose monitoring services or Mobile Overdose Response Services (MORS) are novel virtual harm reduction tools which have gained popularity as an adjunct public health intervention especially for those who cannot access harm reduction ...
William Rioux, Benjamin Enns, S. Monty Ghosh, S. Monty Ghosh   +3 more
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Harm reduction among injecting drug users - evidence of effectiveness [PDF]

, 2010
This chapter synthesises and evaluates the available direct evidence relating to the impact of needle and syringe programmes (NSPs), opioid substitution treatment (OST), drug consumption rooms (DCRs), and peer naloxone distribution (PND) on HIV/hepatitis
Goldberg, David, Hickman, Matthew, Hutchinson, Sharon, Kimber, Jo, Palmateer, Norah, Rhodes, Tim   +5 more
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Spatial Concentration of Opioid Overdose Deaths in Indianapolis: An Application of the Law of Crime Concentration at Place to a Public Health Epidemic [PDF]

, 2019
The law of crime concentration at place has become a criminological axiom and the foundation for one of the strongest evidence-based policing strategies to date.
Carter, Jeremy G., Mohler, George, Ray, Bradley   +2 more
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Using prescribing and toxicology data to determine non-medical prescription drug overdose

Addictive Behaviors Reports, 2020
Background: Overdose deaths have increased dramatically in the United States and are often attributed to prescription opioids. This study presents a framework for “overdose typologies”, including non-medical prescription drug use, to more accurately ...
Philip Huynh, Grant Victor, Brad Ray
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Overdose experiences among injection drug users in Bangkok, Thailand

Harm Reduction Journal, 2010
Background Although previous studies have identified high levels of drug-related harm in Thailand, little is known about illicit drug overdose experiences among Thai drug users.
Wood Evan, Kaplan Karyn, Suwannawong Paisan, Hayashi Kanna, Fairbairn Nadia, Milloy M-J, Kerr Thomas   +6 more
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Stigma as a fundamental hindrance to the United States opioid overdose crisis response. [PDF]

, 2019
Alexander Tsai and co-authors discuss the role of stigma in responses to the US opioid ...
Barnett, Michael L, Beletsky, Leo, Keyes, Katherine M, Kiang, Mathew V, McGinty, Emma E, Smith, Laramie R, Strathdee, Steffanie A, Tsai, Alexander C, Venkataramani, Atheendar S, Wakeman, Sarah E   +9 more
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New psychoactive substances (NPS) identified in Canada: Results of the online NPS survey (2020–2023)

Emerging Trends in Drugs, Addictions, and Health
Purpose and scope: New psychoactive substances (NPS) are a broad class of compounds that are typically designed to mimic illicit substances and circumvent legislative controls.
Sophie Rymill, Lexy Candler, Pavitra Ramachandran, Chantal Bacev-Giles, Raymond-Jonas Ngendabanka, Stephane Racine, Nancy He, Michelle Ross, Susantha Mohottalage   +8 more
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