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Forging a Path for Abstinence from Heroin: A grounded theory of detoxification-seeking
Grounded Theory Review: An International Journal, 2011 Through a classic grounded theory approach, this study conceptualises that the main concern of heroin users who are seeking detoxification is giving up heroin use; ‘getting clean.’Forging a path for abstinence explains how people respond to their concern
Marie Claire Van Hout, BSc.,MSc., PhD. +1 more
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Stress reactivity in heroin dependence [PDF]
, 2015 Background: Heroin dependence is a chronic relapsing disorder characterized by a compulsion to seek and use heroin despite the negative consequences. In addition to the diagnostic criteria, heroin dependence is associated with an altered function of the ...
Gerber, Hana
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Chasing the dragon – an overview of heroin trafficking [PDF]
, 2015 There are many problems encountered during the attempt to tackle the heroin trade on a global level. Afghanistan is largely responsible for the production of heroin, providing a global distribution amount of 75%.
Carvetta, CA, O'Hagan, A
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Intranasal Mucosal Atomiser Devices: A Novel Harm Reduction Intervention. [PDF]
Drug Alcohol RevABSTRACT Introduction Factors associated with diminished peripheral vein access, including age, prolonged history of injecting drug use and coadministration with other substances, are all increasing among people who inject drugs in Australia. This exposes individuals to increased risk of injecting related complications, including skin and soft tissue ...
Green H +5 more
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Experiences of coloured heroin users in Metro South area of Cape Town: A social work perspective [PDF]
, 2018 Magister Artium (Social Work) - MA(SW)Heroin usage is on the increase in the Western Cape province of South Africa owing to globalization and to increased access to the drug in this province.
Caswell, Dominique
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No evidence of accelerated epigenetic aging among black heroin users: A case vs control analysis
Addiction Neuroscience, 2023 This study sought to assess the association between illicit opioid use and accelerated epigenetic aging (A.K.A. DNAm Age) among people of African ancestry who use heroin.
Jermaine D. Jones +4 more
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Heroin and its metabolites: relevance to heroin use disorder
Translational Psychiatry, 2023 Heroin is an opioid agonist commonly abused for its rewarding effects. Since its synthesis at the end of the nineteenth century, its popularity as a recreational drug has ebbed and flowed.
Michele Stanislaw Milella +5 more
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Reduction in cerebral perfusion after heroin administration: a resting state arterial spin labeling study. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Heroin dependence is a chronic relapsing brain disorder, characterized by the compulsion to seek and use heroin. Heroin itself has a strong potential to produce subjective experiences characterized by intense euphoria, relaxation and release from craving.
Niklaus Denier +8 more
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Initiation to heroin injecting among heroin users in Sydney, Australia: cross sectional survey
Harm Reduction Journal, 2005 Background Heroin injection is associated with health and social problems including hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission. Few studies have examined the circumstances surrounding initiation to heroin injecting, especially current users initiating others ...
Day Carolyn A +3 more
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Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 2022 Reconsolidation of heroin-associated memory is an independent memory process that occurs following retrieval, which is essential for the sustained capacity of an associative drug stimulus to precipitate heroin-seeking.
Haoyu Li +17 more
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