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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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Understanding the Reasons for Sharing Syringes or Needles to Inject Drugs: Conventional Content Analysis [PDF]

Addiction 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, Hadith Rastad, Saharnaz Nedjat, Afarin Rahimi-Movaghar, Kamran Yazdani, Ali Mirzazadeh   +5 more
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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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Oral manifestations in drug users: A review

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Dentistry, 2020
In the dental environment there is not much talk about the oral manifestations resulting from the use of drugs, because in general the issue of drugs is a very difficult subject to deal with. Therefore, the objective of this work is to understand what are the most obvious manifestations in the oral cavity and as the dentist can detect them.In order to ...
Cossa, Federico, Piastra, Alexia, Sarrión Pérez, María Gracia, Bagán Debón, Leticia María   +3 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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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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Cost-effectiveness of Methadone Maintenance Treatment in prevention of HIV among drug users in Shiraz, south of Iran [PDF]

, 2014
Background: The increase in high-risk injections and unsafe sexual behaviors has led to increased HIV infection prevalence among Intravenous Drug Users (IDUs). The high costs of HIV/AIDS care and low financial resources necessitate an economic evaluation
Heidari, A., Javanbakht, M., Keshtkaran, A., Mirahmadizadeh, A.   +3 more
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Identifying behaviours for survival and wellness among people who use methamphetamine with opioids in British Columbia: a qualitative study

Harm Reduction Journal, 2022
Background British Columbia (BC) has been in a state of public health emergency since 2016, due to the unprecedented numbers of fatal and non-fatal drug toxicity (i.e. overdose) events.
Jenny Corser, Heather Palis, Mathew Fleury, Jess Lamb, Kurt Lock, Jenny McDougall, Amiti Mehta, Cheri Newman, Heather Spence, Jane A. Buxton   +9 more
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Cancer3D: understanding cancer mutations through protein structures. [PDF]

, 2014
The new era of cancer genomics is providing us with extensive knowledge of mutations and other alterations in cancer. The Cancer3D database at http://www.cancer3d.org gives an open and user-friendly way to analyze cancer missense mutations in the context
Godzik, Adam, Hrabe, Thomas, Porta-Pardo, Eduard   +2 more
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Differences in Gut Microbial Diversity are Driven by Drug Use and Drug Cessation by Either Compulsory Detention or Methadone Maintenance Treatment

Microorganisms, 2020
In this work, we investigate differences in gut microbial diversity driven by drug use or by the widely used methods for drug cessation: methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) and compulsory detention (CD). Methods: 99 participants (28 CD participants, 16
Qiaoyan Li, Siqi Chen, Ke Liu, Danfeng Long, Diru Liu, Zhengchao Jing, Xiaodan Huang   +6 more
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