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LAAM maintenance vs methadone maintenance for heroin dependence. [PDF]
, 2002 Objective: To compare the efficacy and acceptability of LAAM maintenance with methadone maintenance in the treatment of heroin dependence. Opiate drugs are used to help people reduce their dependence on heroin (an opiate drug).
Clark, Nicolas C. +6 more
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What anabolic–androgenic steroids reveal about the limits of current harm reduction models
Addiction, EarlyView.Abstract Background Harm reduction has largely been shaped by responses to psychoactive drug use where the most urgent harms are acute. These models focus on overdose, blood‐borne viruses, and rapid‐onset toxicity related harms. When applied wholesale to anabolic–androgenic steroids (AAS), they obscure the distinctive pharmacology, consumer typologies,
Timothy Piatkowski +2 more
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Treatment of Heroin Dependence [PDF]
, 2004 Objective: To test the efficacy of naltrexone, methadone and buprenorphine over a treatment period of 12 weeks. Methods: Subjects were randomized to receive naltrexone, methadone, or buprenorphine in a comparative study.
Farrashbandi, H (15498290) +8 more
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The evolution of Australian cannabis policies, 1967 to 2024
Addiction, EarlyView.Abstract Aim To describe the outcomes of cannabis policy debates in Australia from 1967 to 2024. Methods We searched popular media, public reports, parliamentary inquiries and policy documents on cannabis in Australia since the 1960s and examined peer reviewed papers, national survey data and police records of cannabis‐related arrests.
Wayne D. Hall +3 more
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Predicting Heroin Craving Intent of Heroin Abusers with Drug Abuse Degree? Personality Character and Mental Health [PDF]
, 2009 [[abstract]]Background: Drug abuse usually makes addiction accompanied with compulsive craving behavior, and especially it is almost unable to quit heroin.
Tseng Sheng-Min
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SEVERITY OF DEPENDENCE AND ROUTE OF ADMINISTRATION OF HEROIN, COCAINE AND AMPHETAMINES [PDF]
, 1992 This study investigates severity of dependence upon heroin, cocaine and amphetamines in a group of 200 heroin users, 75% of whom were not in contact with any treatment agency.
GRIFFITHS, P +3 more
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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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Addiction, EarlyView.Abstract Background and aims Measurement‐based care (MBC) is a structured approach using standardized, repeated assessments to monitor treatment progress and guide clinical decision‐making. MBC improves outcomes for substance use treatment but can be time consuming due in part to lengthy assessment tools. Single‐item, patient‐reported outcome measures (
Thomas J. Reese +13 more
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Defeating the dragon: Heroin dependence recovery [PDF]
, 2006 Heroin dependence, which is escalating within South Africa, has become a symbol of the social disorder of the times - associated with materialism, poverty, crime, the problems of a society in transition, the disadvantaged, and the inner cities. However,
Santos, Monika Maria Lucia Freitas dos
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Has Australia lost control of its tobacco and nicotine markets?
Addiction, EarlyView.Abstract Background Australia has adopted two policies that the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends as best practice for tobacco control: it has steeply increased tobacco taxes since 2010 and only allowed access to nicotine vapes for medical use.
Ron Borland +4 more
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