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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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Are drug treatment services only for 'thieving junkie scumbags'? Drug users and the management of stigmatised identities. [PDF]

, 2008
This article uses qualitative interviews with 53 problematic drug users who had dropped out of treatment in England, UK to explore how they describe the stigmatisation of drug users and drug services.
Stevens, Alex, Radcliffe, Polly; id_orcid, Radcliffe, Polly C.   +2 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

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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Gender differences in sleep quality among Iranian traditional and industrial drug users [PDF]

Neurobiology of Sleep and Circadian Rhythms
Mohammad Khorrami, Ph.D, Fatemeh Khorrami, Undergraduate student, Kosar Haghani, Farshid Fathy Karkaragh, Ph.D. candidate, Ayda Khodashenas, M.A, Sara Souri, M.A   +5 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
doaj   +1 more source

Breathlessness in a drug user [PDF]

BMJ 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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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.
Buchanan, Tom, Scholey, Andrew, Parrott, A.C., Heffernan, T., Ling, J., Heffernan, Tom, Parrott, Andrew, Scholey, A.B., Rodgers, J., Ling, Jonathan, Rodgers, Jacqui, Buchanan, T.   +11 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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The extent of injection site infection in injecting drug users: findings from a national surveillance study. [PDF]

, 2010
Injection site infections in injecting drug users (IDUs) are associated with serious morbidity and healthcare costs. Factors associated with symptoms of these were examined through annual (2006-2008) unlinked-anonymous survey of IDUs in England, Wales ...
Marongiu, A, Ncube, F, Hope, VD, Parry, JV   +3 more
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Hepatitis C infection among injecting drug users in England and Wales (1992-2006): there and back again? [PDF]

, 2009
Changes in hepatitis C virus (HCV) prevalence from 1992 to 2006 were examined by using 24,311 records from unlinked anonymous surveillance of injecting drug users in England and Wales.
Hope, Vivian D, Ncube, Fortune, Hope, Vivian D., Sweeting, Michael J, Sweeting, Michael J., Parry, John V., Parry, John V, Ramsay, Mary E, Ramsay, Mary E., Hickman, Matthew, De Angelis, Daniela   +10 more
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