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Psychedelic‐assisted treatment for substance use disorder: A narrative systematic review

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims This is the first systematic review of the extant literature on all major psychedelic‐assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder (AUD), tobacco use disorder (TUD) and other substance use disorders (SUD). We aimed to summarise the evidence for efficacy of psychedelic‐assisted treatment for AUD, TUD, and SUD; to evaluate its
Theodore Piper, Francesca Small, Sam Brown, Michael Kelleher, Luke Mitcheson, James Rucker, Allan H. Young, John Marsden   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Drug dissemination strategy with an SEIR-based SUC model [PDF]

arXiv, 2019
According to the features of drug addiction, this paper constructs an SEIR-based SUC model to describe and predict the spread of drug addiction. Predictions are that the number of drug addictions will continue to fluctuate with reduced amplitude and eventually stabilize. To seek the fountainhead of heroin, we identified the most likely origins of drugs
arxiv  

Heroin Use and Prescription Drug Misuse in Kentucky [PDF]

, 2016
The most recent Kentucky Health Issues Poll (KHIP) on heroin use and prescription drug misuse shows where our state's drug problems are hitting hardest. Northern Kentucky residents are twice as likely as other Kentucky residents to report knowing someone

core  

Alcohol consumption in heroin users, methadone-substituted and codeine-substituted patients - Frequency and correlates of use [PDF]

, 2003
This retrospective study aims to determine whether there is a difference in the additional consumption of alcohol between addicts treated with methadone or dihydrocodeine (DHC) and untreated addicts injecting heroin.
Backmund, Markus, Eichenlaub, Dieter, Meyer, Kirsten, Schütz, Christian G., Soyka, Michael   +4 more
core   +1 more source

High BMI is a specific risk factor for drug‐related mortality in patients receiving methadone: A case control study

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and Aims Long‐term treatment of opioid dependence with the opioid agonist therapy (OAT) methadone can lead to significant weight gain. This study investigated whether OAT patients with a body mass index (BMI) deemed overweight (≥25) are at increased risk of mortality.
Thikra Algahtani, Tom Le Ruez, John Strang, David Morgan, Martin Smith, Caroline S. Copeland   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Current drug use patterns and HIV and HCV prevalence among people who inject drugs in suburban areas of Malaysia. [PDF]

J Int AIDS Soc
Abstract Introduction National surveillance data in Malaysia has observed a marked reduction in the number of new HIV cases among people who inject drugs (PWID) in the past decade. This study sought to estimate the current prevalence and associated risk factors of HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) among PWID in suburban areas of Klang Valley, Malaysia ...
Pang J, Danaee M, Balasingam Kasinather V, Des Jarlais D, Kamarulzaman A, Mohd Salleh NA.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Quantifying the impact of a large‐scale opioid agonist treatment program on suicide prevention in New South Wales, Australia: A data‐modeling study

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Aims This study aimed to quantify the population‐level impact of a large‐scale opioid agonist treatment (OAT) program on suicide‐related mortality among people with opioid use disorder (OUD) in New South Wales (NSW), Australia. Design This is the first study to use dynamic mathematical modeling to explore the population‐level impact of OAT on ...
Thomas James Santo Jr, Antoine Chaillon, Natasha Martin, Matthew Hickman, Nicola Jones, Michael Farrell, Chrianna Bharat, Louisa Degenhardt, Annick Borquez   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Trust and consequences: Role of community science, perceptions, values, and environmental justice in risk communication

Risk Analysis, Volume 42, Issue 11, Page 2362-2375, November 2022., 2022
Abstract Risk communication is often viewed as imparting information and perhaps as a two‐way dialogue. Risk communication inadequacies on the part of both “communicator” and “community members” can lead to adverse consequences and amplify environmental justice disparities.
Joanna Burger
wiley   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Predicting Future Opioid Incidences Today [PDF]

arXiv, 2019
According to the Center of Disease Control (CDC), the Opioid epidemic has claimed more than 72,000 lives in the US in 2017 alone. In spite of various efforts at the local, state and federal level, the impact of the epidemic is becoming progressively worse, as evidenced by the fact that the number of Opioid related deaths increased by 12.5\% between ...
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