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The impact of harm reduction interventions on injection‐related bacterial infections among people who inject drugs: A systematic review

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims Injection‐related bacterial infections represent a major but under‐recognised health issue among people who inject drugs (PWID). Harm reduction interventions (HRIs) like needle and syringe programmes (NSP) and opioid agonist treatment (OAT) could mitigate their burden.
Anthony Cousien, Lobna Tijani, Nadia Hachicha, Manon Godart, Mathieu Castry, Karen Champenois, Perrine Roux, Sylvie Deuffic‐Burban   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Comparison of Visual Memory Functions in People with Heroin Dependence and Normal [PDF]

Research on Addiction, 2016
Objective: The aim of current study was to compare the visual memory functions among heroin dependents and normal individuals. Method: The method of current research was causative-comparative carried out on two groups of heroin dependents and normal ...
somayeh safarzade, parviz sabahi
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Hepatitis B and C prevalence among heroin addicts in methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) and not in MMT in Pereira, Colombia

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2014
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Juan Carlos Sepúlveda-Arias, Carlos Isaza, Juan Pablo Vélez   +2 more
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People experiencing homelessness and their experiences with substance use services for alcohol treatment in England: Journey mapping based on semi‐structured interviews

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims Alcohol consumption at high levels is common among people experiencing homelessness and contributes to inequalities. In relative terms these individuals are underrepresented in substance use services. This study captured common trajectories and identified barriers and facilitators to accessing treatment among a group of ...
Vera Helen Buss, Jamie Brown, Melissa Oldham, Sarah E. Jackson, Lion Shahab, Dimitra Kale, Sharon Cox   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prescribed pharmaceutical alternatives initiative coinciding with reductions in unregulated street opioid use among young people who use drugs: An interrupted time series analysis

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims In British Columbia, Canada, an initiative was implemented in 2020 to reduce overdose mortality by prescribing pharmaceutical opioids (primarily hydromorphone) as a substitute for the toxic unregulated drug supply. This study estimated changes in the level and trend of unregulated opioid use and non‐prescribed hydromorphone
Erica McAdam, Mohammad Karamouzian, Michael John Milloy, Carmen Verdicchio, Eric C. Sayre, Kanna Hayashi, Thomas Kerr, Kora DeBeck   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Psychiatric comorbidity in young heroin users

, 2006
In order to determine the prevalence of psychiatric comorbidity in a population of young heroin users recruited from outside of the healthcare context, a sample was assembled by targeted sampling and nomination techniques; it was comprised of regular ...
Rodriguez-Llera, MC,, Domingo-Salvany, Antònia,, Sanchez-Nubió, A,, Brugal, M.T.,, Torrens, M,, Silva, Teresa,   +5 more
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Prescribed alternative stimulants among people who use unregulated stimulants: Examining the association between maximum dose reached and medication discontinuation in the first 3 years of implementation in British Columbia, Canada

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims In 2020, British Columbia (BC), Canada, introduced ‘Prescribed Alternatives’ (PA) as an approach to offering regulated substances to people accessing the unregulated supply. This study aimed to estimate and compare prescribing characteristics of dextroamphetamine and methylphenidate stimulant PAs in BC, to estimate ...
Bin Zhao, Kevin Hu, Roshni Desai, Shania Au, Kali‐olt Sedgemore, Vitor Tardelli, Addie Carter, Paxton Bach, Christian Schutz, Amanda Slaunwhite, Alexis Crabtree, Heather Palis   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Different Tokes for Different Folks: Use of Cannabis Products Among a Longitudinal Cohort of People with Heroin Dependence. [PDF]

Int J Ment Health Addict, 2023
Wilson J, Mills KL, Sunderland M, Freeman TP, Teesson M, Haber PS, Marel C.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Drug use disorders among people convicted of large‐, moderate‐ and small‐scale drug supply crimes: A register‐based retrospective comparative study

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims Heavy drug use has been associated with small‐scale drug crime, but the substance use histories of individuals involved in the manufacturing, smuggling and wholesaling of larger quantities of drugs [here referred to as serious drug crimes (SDC)] have been largely unexamined.
Julie Elizabeth Brummer, Freja Ilsing Magnussen, Morten Hesse, Thomas Friis Søgaard   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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., Anne McDonnell, BA, HDip.   +1 more
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