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Mobility-GCN: a human mobility-based graph convolutional network for tracking and analyzing the spatial dynamics of the synthetic opioid crisis in the USA, 2013-2020 [PDF]
Synthetic opioids are the most common drugs involved in drug-involved overdose mortalities in the U.S. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported that in 2018, about 70% of all drug overdose deaths involved opioids and 67% of all opioid-involved deaths were accounted for by synthetic opioids.
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Abstract Introduction The substance use recovery evaluator (SURE) is a new patient‐reported outcome measure of recovery from alcohol and other drugs. The original SURE validation study did not include clients from residential rehabilitation treatment, and the possible challenges in applying the measure in this setting were noted.
Emma L. Hatton+4 more
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Heroin addiction in the United Kingdom (1954-1964). [PDF]
T. H. Bewley
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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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Risk communication about high‐dose MDMA: Impact of a hypothetical drug alert on future MDMA use
Abstract Introduction Despite high‐dose 3,4‐methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) drug alerts being distributed, no research has been conducted as to changes in use in response. This study aimed to determine if: (i) high‐dose MDMA drug alerts, and (ii) varied descriptions of dose, effects and actions to reduce harm were associated with intentions to ...
Joel Keygan+4 more
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Morbidity and mortality from heroin dependence. 2. Study of 100 consecutive inpatients. [PDF]
T. H. Bewley, O. Ben-Arie
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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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Health‐care costs among people who use methamphetamine in Australia
Abstract Introduction This study aims to estimate the drug treatment costs and health services utilisation costs among people who used different treatment modalities to treat methamphetamine dependence. Methods This is a sub‐study of a prospective observational cohort study MATES (n = 501), including recruitment from 15 residential rehabilitation ...
Anh Dam Tran+3 more
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Study of the Transition from Non-Injection to Injection in Heroin Users
Introduction & Objectives: The goal of our study was to elucidate the time and factors influencing the transition from non-injection to injection among male heroin users.
Mosaieb Yarmohammadi Vasel+1 more
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