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Alcohol and other drug treatment and diversion from the Australian criminal justice system: 2012-13 [PDF]

open access: yes
Nationally, there were 24,069 clients who had been diverted into alcohol and other drug treatment, comprising 24% of all clients, according to this report.

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Assessment of rates of recanting and hair testing as a biological measure of drug use in a general population sample of young people [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
AIMS: We investigate the extent of and factors associated with denial of previously reported cannabis and other illicit drug use, and assess the potential of hair testing for measuring substance use in general population samples.
Hickman, Matthew   +4 more
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Evaluating Transcriptomic Biomarkers for rHuEPO Detection: Assessing the Impact of Exercise and Altitude Exposure

open access: yesDrug Testing and Analysis, EarlyView.
A two‐stage transcriptomic filter comparing rHuEPO, exercise and altitude responses reduced 153 candidate genes to 50 that were unaffected by physiological stimuli. These retained transcripts offer focused biomarker leads to strengthen antidoping detection of rHuEPO.
Daria Obratov   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Drug Laws, Ethics, and History [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
In this paper, I present and criticize several historical arguments in favour of prohibition and criminalization of illicit psychoactive substances. I consider several versions of Charles Brent’s argument from drug harms and an argument
Greif, Adam
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Bromazolam Tablet Quantification and Analysis of Post‐Mortem Cases From the National Programme on Substance Use Mortality (NPSUM)

open access: yesDrug Testing and Analysis, EarlyView.
Tablets submitted to drug checking services that were found to contain bromazolam. Over half of these counterfeit tablets mimicked the appearance of licensed formulations (e.g., alprazolam Xanax bars and diazepam Roche 10 mg pills). Bromazolam is now the most commonly detected street benzodiazepine in drug poisoning deaths in the United Kingdom ...
Matthew Gardner   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Demand for Illicit Drugs by Pregnant Women [PDF]

open access: yes
We use survey data that have been linked to medical records data and city-level drug prices to estimate the demand for illicit drugs among pregnant women.
Dhaval Dave   +3 more
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Public spending for illegal drug and alcohol treatment in hospitals: an EU cross-country comparison [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Background: In view of the current economic crisis and the resulting austerity measures being implemented by governments across Europe, public expenditure for substance abuse treatment has increasingly become a subject of discussion.
Christiaens, Johan   +2 more
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Analytical Challenges in Detecting New Psychoactive Substances in Anti‐Doping: A Proof‐of‐Concept Involving Pentedrone Metabolite

open access: yesDrug Testing and Analysis, EarlyView.
The paper describes an investigation related to the pentedrone norephedrine metabolite. The athlete's sample was analyzed using ultra‐performance liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC–MS/MS). According to the literature, this metabolite may originate from pentedrone, α‐pyrrolidinopentiophenone (PVP), or N‐ethylpentedrone (NEP).
D. Kwiatkowska   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Deaths in custody in the Irish prison service: 5-year retrospective study of drug toxicology and unnatural deaths

open access: yesBJPsych Open, 2018
Mental health and substance misuse disorders are associated with unnatural deaths in prisoners. Deaths in Irish prisons between 2009 and 2014 were retrospectively analysed using coroner's findings, including post-mortem toxicology.
Madeeha Iqtidar   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

SODAS: Surveillance of Drugs of Abuse Study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Objective: Novel Psychoactive Substance (NPS) as a form of recreational drug use has become increasingly popular. There is a paucity of information with regards the prevalence and clinical sequalae of these drugs.
Bloeck, Felix   +4 more
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