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A meta‐analysis of sexual orientation inequities in substance use among youth

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and Aims Sexual minority youth report significantly higher rates of substance use than heterosexual youth, yet a comprehensive and systematic evaluation and synthesis of the magnitude of this inequity has not been conducted. The purpose of this study was to conduct a meta‐analysis to assess the magnitude of overall inequities in ...
Ethan H. Mereish, Hyemin Lee, Jeremy T. Goldbach, Sophie Hathaway, Emily A. Hennessy   +4 more
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Detection of heroin metabolites at different developmental stages of Lucilia cuprina (Diptera: Calliphoridae) reared in heroin-treated meat: a preliminary analysis

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, Abu Hassan Ahmad, Siti Azizah Mohamad Noor, Azwandi Ahmad   +3 more
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TREATMENT FOR PERSONS WITH HEROIN ADDICTION [PDF]

, 2012
Heroin addiction is devastating to both the person addicted and to society. Attempts to treat heroin addiction have proved difficult due to the extreme addictive qualities of the drug.
McDuffie, Angie K
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A pragmatic harm reduction approach to manage a large outbreak of wound botulism in people who inject drugs, Scotland 2015 [PDF]

, 2018
Background People who inject drugs (PWID) are at an increased risk of wound botulism, a potentially fatal acute paralytic illness. During the first 6 months of 2015, a large outbreak of wound botulism was confirmed among PWID in Scotland, which resulted ...
Amanda Weir, Andrew McAuley, CC McGuigan, CN Ramsay, Corinne Amar, D Akbulut, DJ Passaro, E MacDonald, E Tweed, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Gauri Godbole, Gillian Penrice, GY Chang, Health Protection Scotland, Information Services Division (ISD), J McLauchlin, J Sobel, J Strang, JA Jones, JA Stoltz, K Alpers, K Dunleavy, Kathie Grant, Kirsten M. A. Trayner, Kirsty Roy, M Desai, M Harris, M Ragonnet-Cronin, M Schroeter, MG Booth, N Markwick, National Records of Scotland, NE Palmateer, Public Health England, Health Protection Scotland, Public Health Wales, and Public Health Agency Northern Ireland, RJ Gordon, SB Werner, Scottish Government, Scottish Health Protection Network, SJ Hahné, SR Offerman, TN Wenham, VD Hope, VD Hope, Y Soukup-Baljak   +43 more
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Trends in fentanyl‐containing drug samples seized by law enforcement agencies across Canada

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims Canada's drug toxicity crisis has been largely attributed to a volatile fentanyl‐dominated unregulated drug supply with increasing reports of fentanyl detected in combination with benzodiazepines, stimulants and xylazine.
Shaleesa Ledlie, Ria Garg, Pamela Leece, Gillian Kolla, Elaine Hyshka, Mina Tadrous, Tara Gomes   +6 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, Grant Sara, Grant Wardlaw, Vasilis Sarafidis, Wai-Yin Wan   +4 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., Deline, S., Fournier, N., Gmel, G., Iglesias, K., Mohler-Kuo, M., N'Goran, A., Studer, J.   +7 more
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Rare but relevant: Ibogaine and cardiovascular complications—prolonged QT interval and ventricular arrhythmias

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Revived interest in psychedelic‐assisted therapies has also renewed focus on ibogaine, a psychoactive alkaloid, for its notable anti‐addictive potential. Evidence from observational, open‐label, and limited randomized placebo‐controlled trials indicates that ibogaine and its metabolite noribogaine reduce craving and withdrawal symptoms in ...
Tibor Markus Brunt
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Correction to: Hostility, compassion and role reversal in West Virginia’s long opioid overdose emergency

Harm Reduction Journal, 2021
Jeff Ondocsin, Sarah G. Mars, Mary Howe, Daniel Ciccarone   +3 more
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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, Brenneisen, Rudolf, Gerber, Hana, Lang, Undine E., Riecher-Rössler, Anita, Schmidt, André, Seifritz, Erich, Walter, Marc, Wiesbeck, Gerhard A.   +8 more
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