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The War on Drugs - a war on drug users? [PDF]

open access: yesDrugs: education, prevention and policy, 2000
The authors argue that since the 1980s UK drug policy has largely been ill considered, reactive and counter- productive. Rather than reducing drug taking and drug related crime, such policies have exacerbated the problem and contributed towards an environment in which drug use and illegal drug activities are likely to flourish.
Buchanan, Julian, Young, L
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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

open access: yesHarm 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   +7 more
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Access to oral care is a human rights issue: a community action report from the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, Canada

open access: yesHarm 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   +4 more
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Breathlessness in a drug user [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ Case Reports, 2015
A 40-year-old heroin smoking man presented with acute onset severe shortness of breath. Radiological investigations revealed an unexpected loculated pneumothorax. Respiratory physicians inserted a chest drain which relieved his breathlessness. His exercise tolerance is much improved 6 months on. The side effects of smoking illicit substances are poorly
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Prediction of addiction based on procrastination, distress tolerance, and perceived competence in senior high school girl students

open access: yesChronic 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
doaj   +1 more source

Hepatitis C Screening and Treatment Program in Hungarian Prisons in the Era of Direct Acting Antiviral Agents

open access: yesViruses, 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   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

Activism and scientific research: 20 years of community action by the Vancouver area network of drug users

open access: yesSubstance 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   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Drug Users and Cannabis

open access: yesJournal 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
doaj   +1 more source

Opioid Dependence Syndrome and Quality of Life: A Facility-based Exploratory Study among Drug Addicts at a Tertiary Care Hospital of Kolkata, India [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2023
Introduction: Opioid dependence syndrome is considered a chronic-relapsing medical illness that can affect the Quality of Life (QoL) of Injecting Drug Users (IDUs).
Manika Pal   +2 more
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Understanding the Reasons for Sharing Syringes or Needles to Inject Drugs: Conventional Content Analysis [PDF]

open access: yesAddiction and Health, 2020
Background: This qualitative study was undertaken with the aim to identify the reasons for sharing syringesor needles among people who inject drugs (PWID) in Iran.Methods: We used purposive sampling to recruit 4 groups of participants, male PWID (n = 14),
Monireh Faghir-Gangi   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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