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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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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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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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A neuromarker for drug and food craving distinguishes drug users from non-users [PDF]

Nature Neuroscience, 2021
Abstract Craving is a core feature of substance use disorders and a strong predictor of relapse. It is linked to polysubstance use, overeating, pathological gambling, and other maladaptive behaviors. Despite its utility, craving measures are based on self-report, with associated limitations related to introspective access and variability across
Leonie Koban, Tor D. Wager, Hedy Kober
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Regional differences in HIV prevalence among drug users in China: potential for future spread of HIV?

, 2008
Kretzschmar M, Zhang W, Mikolajczyk RT, et al. Regional differences in HIV prevalence among drug users in China: potential for future spread of HIV? BMC Infectious Diseases. 2008;8(1):108.Background: Drug use and in particular injecting drug use has been
Weidong Zhang, Wang, Lan, Lv Fan, Lv, Fan, Xinhua Sun, Zhang Weidong, Sun, Xinhua, Alexander Kraemer, Fan Lv, Kretzschmar, Mirjam, Wang Lan, Sun Xinhua, Mirjam Kretzschmar, Kretzschmar Mirjam, Kraemer Alexander, Zhang, Weidong, Krämer, Alexander ; https://orcid.org/, Mikolajczyk Rafael T, Mikolajczyk, Rafael T., Lan Wang, Rafael T Mikolajczyk   +20 more
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Spatial mapping of hepatitis C prevalence in recent injecting drug users in contact with services. [PDF]

, 2011
In developed countries the majority of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections occur in injecting drug users (IDUs) with prevalence in IDUs often high, but with wide geographical differences within countries.
Morongiu, A, V. D. HOPE, D. DE ANGELIS, Harris, R. J., Morongiu, A., DE Angelis, D, Hickman, Matthew, Ncube, F, R. J. HARRIS, Hope, V. D., Hope, VD, A. MORONGIU, de Angelis, D., Harris, RJ, Hickman, M, Ncube, F., M. HICKMAN, F. NCUBE   +17 more
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Harm reduction among injecting drug users - evidence of effectiveness

, 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
Rhodes, T., Kerr, Thomas, Palmateer, N., Goldberg, David J., Hedrich, Dagmar, Palmateer, Norah, Fry, Craig L, Goldberg, David, Palmateer, Norah; id_orcid, Rhodes, Tim, Goldberg, D.J., Stöver, H., Hickman, Matthew, Hutchinson, Sharon, Hall, Wayne, Hickman, M., Brentari, C., Kimber, J., Kimber, Jo, Fischer, Benedikt, Hutchinson, S.J., Stevens, Alex, Dubois-Arber, Françoise, Hutchinson, Sharon J.; id_orcid   +23 more
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Family burden in injecting versus noninjecting opioid users

Industrial Psychiatry Journal, 2013
Background: A substance-dependent person in the family affects almost all aspects of family life that also impact the lives of the significant others and causes enormous burden.
Naresh Nebhinani, B N Anil, Surendra Kumar Mattoo, Debasish Basu   +3 more
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Estimating prevalence of injecting drug users and associated heroin-related death rates in England by using regional data and incorporating prior information [PDF]

, 2013
Injecting drug users (IDUs) have a direct social and economic effect yet can typically be regarded as a hidden population within a community. We estimate the size of the IDU population across the nine different Government Office regions of England in ...
Ruth King, Bird, Sheila, Overstall, Antony M., Bird, Sheila M, Hutchinson, Sharon, Sheila M. Bird, Sharon J. Hutchinson, Hutchinson, Sharon; id_orcid, Hutchinson, Sharon J., Overstall, Antony, Antony M. Overstall, King, Ruth, Hay, Gordon, Gordon Hay   +13 more
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Creating safe, inclusive spaces for hospital-based health care staff and people who use drugs: an exploratory qualitative study in Vancouver, Canada

Harm Reduction Journal
Objectives This project sought to contribute to healthy, safe organizational cultures within Vancouver’s hospital system healthcare system as one method to address indirect harms of the province’s drug toxicity and housing syndemic. A tertiary care inner-
Aaron Bailey, Elizabeth Bishop, Agnes T. Black, Elizabeth Dogherty, George Sedore, Marge Humchitt, John Onland, Jane Milina, Varun Bangar, Heather Mackie, Herb Varley, Tyler Byrd, Sven Black, Kristine Auigbelle, Carina Nilsson, The Eastside Illicit Drinkers Group for Education   +15 more
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