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Access to oral care is a human rights issue: a community action report from the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, Canada

Harm Reduction Journal, 2022
To offer a critical reflection on an impoverished neighborhood in Vancouver, Canada, and their access to oral health care. A review of how a lack of publicly funded oral health care affects the most vulnerable, uninsured, and underserved citizens is ...
Ehsan Jozaghi, Vandu, Russ Maynard, Yasaman Khoshnoudian, Mario A. Brondani   +4 more
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Prediction of addiction based on procrastination, distress tolerance, and perceived competence in senior high school girl students

Chronic Diseases Journal, 2021
BACKGROUND: Transitional stages of life are one of the most dangerous times for more vulnerability to drug abuse. The purpose of this study was to predict addiction based on procrastination, distress tolerance, and perceived competence in senior high ...
Emad El-din Ezatpour, Yahya Yarahmadi
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Drug-related aggression among injecting drug users [PDF]

New South Wales Public Health Bulletin, 2006
Recent years have seen the diversification of the methamphetamine markets in Australia, with increased availability and the use of more potent forms of methamphetamine such as ice/crystal and base methamphetamine. Intoxication due to the use of stimulants such as methamphetamine has been associated with aggressive and violent behaviour.
Emma, Black, Louisa, Degenhardt
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Homeless drug users' awareness and risk perception of peer "Take Home Naloxone" use – a qualitative study [PDF]

, 2006
BACKGROUND Peer use of take home naloxone has the potential to reduce drug related deaths. There appears to be a paucity of research amongst homeless drug users on the topic.
A Edwards, A Jones, B Powis, D Best, D Bigg, Department of Health, H Joffe, HMSO, J Fountain, J Strang, J Strang, K Dettmer, Katharine Francis, Lesley Jones, M Gossop, N Wright, N Wright, Nat Wright, Nicola Oldham, NMAC, NS Oldham, O Renn, PT O' Driscoll, S Darke, SR Lenton, T Beswick, T Greenhalgh, World Health Organisation   +27 more
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Hepatitis C Screening and Treatment Program in Hungarian Prisons in the Era of Direct Acting Antiviral Agents

Viruses, 2022
A hepatitis C virus (HCV) screening and treatment program was conducted in Hungarian prisons on a voluntary basis. After HCV-RNA testing and genotyping for anti-HCV positives, treatments with direct-acting antiviral agents were commenced by hepatologists
Klára Werling, Béla Hunyady, Mihály Makara, Krisztina Nemesi, Gábor Horváth, Ferenc Schneider, Judit Enyedi, Zsófia Müller, Miklós Lesch, Zoltán Péterfi, Tamás Tóth, Judit Gács, Zsuzsanna Fehér, Eszter Ujhelyi, Emese Molnár, Anna Nemes Nagy   +15 more
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Stigma, social reciprocity and exclusion of HIV/AIDS patients with illicit drug histories: A study of Thai nurses' attitudes [PDF]

, 2008
Background: Stigma is a key barrier for the delivery of care to patients living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). In the Asia region, the HIV/AIDS epidemic has disproportionately affected socially marginalised groups, in particular, injecting drug users.
Chan, KY, Reidpath, DD, Stoové, MA
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ERP evidence suggests executive dysfunction in ecstasy polydrug users [PDF]

, 2013
Background: Deficits in executive functions such as access to semantic/long-term memory have been shown in ecstasy users in previous research. Equally, there have been many reports of equivocal findings in this area.
A Gamma, A Miyake, A Pazos, AC Parrott, AG Verstraete, AJ Saykin, AP Burgess, B Kopp, C Casco, C Montgomery, C Montgomery, C Montgomery, C Montgomery, C Montgomery, C Whitney, C. A. Roberts, C. Montgomery, D Badre, D Davison, DE Hinkle, DM McDowell, DT Stuss, E Jefferies, EM Bekker, F. Tames, G Jager, G Kanayama, HC Fox, J Cole, J. E. Fisk, JA Horne, JE Fisk, JH Halpern, JR Folstein, M Terman, MA Wetherell, MJ Morgan, N Yeung, PN Murphy, RL Carhart-Harris, RM Ruff, RM Shiffrin, S Bhattachary, S Mejias, S Nieuwenhuis, S Rossi, S Sola de, S Suwazono, S. H. Fairclough, SJ Luck, SL Rosell, T Akerstedt, V Veen van, W Ritter   +53 more
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Ecstasy/MDMA attributed problems reported by novice, moderate and heavy recreational users [PDF]

, 2002
The recreational use of MDMA/Ecstasy (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine) is associated with many psychobiological problems, but there is a paucity of data on how these relate to the level of past use.
Curran, Curran, Fox, Gouzoulis-Meyfrank, Hefferman, MacInnes, McCann, Morgan, Morgan, Parrott, Parrott, Parrott, Parrott, Parrott, Parrott, Reneman, Rodgers, Rodgers, Rodgers, Schifano, Schifano, Scholey, Topp, Zemishlany   +23 more
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Drug Users and Cannabis

Journal of Economy Culture and Society, 2020
Drug abuse is a major social problem faced by all countries. From the past to the present, although there are many different drugs, some have a more important place than others.
Ruken Macit
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Activism and scientific research: 20 years of community action by the Vancouver area network of drug users

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2018
Background Over the past several decades, there have been numerous peer-reviewed articles written about people who use drugs (PWUDs) from the Downtown Eastside neighborhood of Vancouver, Canada.
Ehsan Jozaghi, Alissa M. Greer, Hugh Lampkin, Jane A. Buxton   +3 more
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