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Quality Appraisal of Ambulatory Oral Cephalosporin and Fluoroquinolone Use in the 16 German Federal States from 2014–2019

Antibiotics, 2021
Background: Despite concerns about causing bacterial resistance and serious side effects, oral cephalosporins and fluoroquinolones are still frequently prescribed in Germany.
Gabriele Gradl, Johanna Werning, Salka Enners, Marita Kieble, Martin Schulz   +4 more
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Assessment of the Prescriptions of Systemic Antibiotics in Primary Dental Care in Germany from 2017 to 2021: A Longitudinal Drug Utilization Study

Antibiotics, 2022
(1) Background: Due to increasing antibiotic resistance, the frequency of antibiotic use should be questioned in dentistry and attention paid to the choice of the best suited substance according to guidelines.
Gabriele Gradl, Marita Kieble, Jens Nagaba, Martin Schulz   +3 more
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Drug Use and Drug Policy [PDF]

Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 2002
Early in the twentieth century the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia) had a government monopoly on the import, refining, and retailing of opium. There were regional differences in opium policy ranging from areas with prohibition to areas where opium use was hardly restricted.
Luijk, Eric W. van, Ours, Jan C. van
openaire   +3 more sources

Having a voice and saving lives: a qualitative survey on employment impacts of people with lived experience of drug use working in harm reduction

Harm Reduction Journal, 2021
Background Ongoing legal and social discrimination, and stigmatization of people with lived experience of drug use (PWLE) continues to contribute to overdose-related deaths in Canada.
People with Lived Expertise of Drug Use National Working Group, Tamar Austin, Jade Boyd   +2 more
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Housing Status and COVID-19 Prevention Recommendations among People Who Use Drugs

COVID, 2023
Housing conditions can increase health risks for people who use opioids (PWUO). Little research documents the influence of housing on PWUO’s ability to practice disease prevention methods.
Izza Zaidi, Ashly E. Jordan, Lauren Jessell, Leonardo Dominguez Gomez, Alex Harocopos, Michelle Nolan   +5 more
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Detecting a signal in the noise : Monitoring the global spread of novel psychoactive substances using media and other open source information [PDF]

, 2015
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no ...
Canadian Community Epidemiology Network On Drug Use, Center for Substance Abuse Research, European Monitoring Centre For Drugs And Drug Addiction, Sumnall H   +3 more
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Police seizure of drugs without arrest among people who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada, before provincial ‘decriminalization’ of simple possession: a cohort study

Harm Reduction Journal, 2023
Background Several jurisdictions in Canada have recently considered decriminalizing possession of illicit drugs for personal use (henceforth, simple possession) as part of their responses to the ongoing drug toxicity/overdose crisis.
Kanna Hayashi, Tyson Singh Kelsall, Caitlin Shane, Zishan Cui, Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users, M.-J. Milloy, Kora DeBeck, Thomas Kerr   +7 more
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Legal and illegal drug use among female sex workers in bar and club prostitution in Belgium: a quantitative and qualitative study [PDF]

, 2013
Aims: This study describes the amounts and effects of drug use in bar and club sex work, and the use of healthcare for the drug-related needs of sex workers (SW). Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out in Belgium.
Decorte, Tom, Leuridan, Elke, Van Damme, Pierre, Van Hal, Guido, Van Nunen, Karolien   +4 more
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Doing battle with “the monster”: How high-risk heterosexuals experience and successfully manage HIV stigma as a barrier to HIV testing

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2018
Background Annual HIV testing is recommended for populations at-risk for HIV in the United States, including heterosexuals geographically connected to urban high-risk areas (HRA) with elevated rates of HIV prevalence and poverty, who are primarily ...
Marya Gwadz, Noelle R. Leonard, Sylvie Honig, Robert Freeman, Alexandra Kutnick, Amanda S. Ritchie   +5 more
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Stimulant safe supply: a potential opportunity to respond to the overdose epidemic

Harm Reduction Journal, 2020
Background Occurring against the backdrop of an overdose crisis, stimulant use and stimulant-involved deaths in North America are increasing at an alarming rate.
Taylor Fleming, Allison Barker, Andrew Ivsins, Sheila Vakharia, Ryan McNeil   +4 more
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