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Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences, 2019 Background Blowfly larvae and pupae collected during post-mortem forensic investigation can be analysed to detect drugs or toxins in a dead body. Drug or toxin-contaminated tissues of human remains consumed by blowfly larvae are stored in the crop even ...
Nooratiny Ishak +3 more
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Addiction, EarlyView.Abstract Background and aims Several randomised controlled trials (RCTs) have demonstrated that delivering approach bias modification (ApBM) during residential alcohol use disorder (AUD) treatment helps prevent post‐treatment relapse. However, few studies have examined ApBM's efficacy for AUD in outpatients.
Joshua B. B. Garfield +6 more
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Addiction, EarlyView.Abstract Background and Aims Individuals from sexual and gender minorities (LGBTQ+) are understudied and at increased and differential risk of experiencing drug‐related harms when compared with the general population. We aimed to determine the case characteristics, circumstances of death and type of implicated drugs among LGBTQ+ individuals dying due ...
Emmert Roberts +2 more
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Prospective pathways between heroin use and nonmedical use of prescription opioids: Trajectories among young Swiss men [PDF]
, 2015 BACKGROUND. So far few studies have focused on the last steps of drug-use trajectories. Heroin has been described as a final stage, but the non-medical use of prescription opioids (NMUPOs) is often associated with heroin use.
Baggio, S. +7 more
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Addiction, EarlyView.Abstract Aims To characterise the clinical condition of rapid onset heroin overdose cases, and to determine the incidence and characteristics of such cases. Design A retrospective cohort study of witnessed heroin overdose cases over a 12‐month period (1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024). Setting The Medically Supervised Injecting Room in Melbourne, Australia.
Nathan C. Stam +5 more
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Supply-side reduction policy and drug-related harm [PDF]
Large-scale seizures of cocaine, heroin and amphetamine-type substances (ATS) do not result in any reduction in overdoses on these drugs or on arrests for use and possession of these drugs, according to this report.
Don Weatherburn +4 more
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Perspectives on addiction‐related problems in Vietnam
Addiction, EarlyView.Abstract The article provides an overview of key substance use and addictive behaviors in Vietnam, alongside the development of addiction science, drawing from a synthesis of literature and the authors' perspectives. Over the last two decades, the primary illicit drug of concern has shifted from heroin to methamphetamine and other psychoactive ...
Nguyen Thu Trang +4 more
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The Effects of Cocaine and Heroin Prices on Drug-Related Emergency Department Visits [PDF]
This paper estimates the empirical relationship between the prices of cocaine and heroin and objective indicators of use. The set of outcomes is drug related hospital emergency department admissions where cocaine and heroin are cited, for 21 large U.S ...
Dhaval Dave
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Normalizing effect of heroin maintenance treatment on stress-induced brain connectivity [PDF]
, 2017 A single dose of heroin can reduce stress responses in heroin-dependent patients. Schmidt et al. report that increased amygdala-related functional connectivity during fearful face processing in heroin-dependent patients transiently normalises after a ...
Borgwardt, Stefan +8 more
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