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A systematic review of health economic models of opioid agonist therapies in maintenance treatment of non-prescription opioid dependence [PDF]
, 2017 Background: Opioid dependence is a chronic condition with substantial health, economic and social costs. The study objective was to conduct a systematic review of published health-economic models of opioid agonist therapy for non-prescription opioid ...
Chetty, Mersha +4 more
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‘Cubs of Wall Street’: Cocaine Use in Top‐Boy Culture
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Although cocaine use is rising among youth in many countries, little is known about the social context and its influence on this new pattern of use. Drawing on a theoretical framework of class, gender, and peer‐status dynamics and extensive data from personal interviews, we investigate how cocaine use is culturally situated and socially ...
Rikke Tokle, Willy Pedersen
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The "lessons" of the Australian "heroin shortage"
Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2006 Heroin use causes considerable harm to individual users including dependence, fatal and nonfatal overdose, mental health problems, and blood borne virus transmission.
Gilmour Stuart +3 more
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, 2018 Heroin is an opioid that commonly appears as white or brown powder. Eventually a person can become physically dependent on heroin, meaning the body begins to expect the drug.
Drew, Margaret M.
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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
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Criminology &Public Policy, EarlyView.Abstract Research Summary On January 31, 2023, British Columbia (BC) launched a 3‐year pilot initiative decriminalizing the possession of up to 2.5 g of select illegal drugs. The policy aims to reduce stigma, address racial disparities in drug law enforcement, and improve police relations with people who use drugs (PWUD).
Cayley Russell +6 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2018 Background: The Substance Use Risk Profile Scale (SURPS) is a 23-item self-report questionnaire that assesses four well-validated personality risk factors for substance misuse (Impulsivity, Sensation Seeking, Anxiety Sensitivity, and Hopelessness). While
Elizabeth C. Long +10 more
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Neuropsychopharmacology Reports, 2020 Aim We assessed the efficacy of buprenorphine replacement taper therapy in a psychiatric hospital in Japan. Methods Based on the medical records, a retrospective analysis was performed to evaluate the outcomes of buprenorphine replacement taper therapy ...
Tatsushi Nagano +7 more
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Assessing the 2004-2018 fentanyl misusing issues reported to an international range of adverse reporting systems [PDF]
, 2019 © 2019 Schifano, Chiappini, Corkery and Guirguis. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY).
Chiappini, Stephania +3 more
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Recovery support services as part of the continuum of care for alcohol or drug use disorders
Addiction, EarlyView.Abstract Background The definition of ‘recovery’ has evolved beyond merely control of problem substance use to include other aspects of health and wellbeing (known as ‘recovery capital’) which are important to prevent relapse to problematic alcohol or other drug (AOD) use.
Ed Day +3 more
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