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Leg ulceration in drug users: development of a multidisciplinary care pathway [PDF]

, 2010
Individuals with a history of intravenous (IV) drug abuse can develop a degree of venous insufficiency either through the damage of veins from the injection, or the formation of deep vein thrombosis (DVT), a complication of IV drug abuse.
Cook, Leanne, Jordon, Karen
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Decriminalisation of drug use and possession in Australia – A briefing note. [PDF]

, 2016
Currently there is debate about how Australia could better respond to illegal drugs and the associated harm. One frequently raised option is “decriminalisation of drug use and possession”.
Barratt, M, Moxham-Hall, V, Hughes, C ; https://orcid.org/, Barratt, M ; https://orcid.org/, Chalmers, J, Ritter, A ; https://orcid.org/, Hughes, C, Ritter, A, Lancaster, K ; https://orcid.org/, Lancaster, K, Moxham-Hall, V ; https://orcid.org/   +10 more
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Rising rates of injection drug use associated infective endocarditis in Virginia with missed opportunities for addiction treatment referral: a retrospective cohort study

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2018
Background Injection drug use (IDU) is a growing public health threat in Virginia, though there is limited knowledge of related morbidity. The purpose of this study was to describe the temporal, geographic and clinical trends and characteristics of ...
Megan E. Gray, Elizabeth T. Rogawski McQuade, W. Michael Scheld, Rebecca A. Dillingham   +3 more
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Population-based trends in hospitalizations due to injection drug use-related serious bacterial infections, Oregon, 2008 to 2018.

PLoS ONE, 2020
BackgroundInjection drug use has far-reaching social, economic, and health consequences. Serious bacterial infections, including skin/soft tissue infections, osteomyelitis, bacteremia, and endocarditis, are particularly morbid and mortal consequences of ...
Jeffrey Capizzi, Judith Leahy, Haven Wheelock, Jonathan Garcia, Luke Strnad, Monica Sikka, Honora Englander, Ann Thomas, P Todd Korthuis, Timothy William Menza   +9 more
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Injection drug use among children and adolescents in India: Ringing the alarm bells

Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 2016
Introduction: Injection drug use (IDU) is intricately linked to preventive aspects for human immunodeficiency virus from a public health perspective. No large-scale data are yet available for injectable drug use among children and adolescents in India ...
Anju Dhawan, Raman Deep Pattanayak, Anita Chopra, Vinod Kumar Tikoo, Rajesh Kumar   +4 more
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Severe bacterial infections in people who inject drugs: the role of injection-related tissue damage

Harm Reduction Journal, 2022
Background In the context of the current U.S. injection drug use epidemic, targeted public health harm reduction strategies have traditionally focused on overdose prevention and reducing transmission of blood-borne viral infections.
Alexander Hrycko, Pedro Mateu-Gelabert, Courtney Ciervo, Rebecca Linn-Walton, Benjamin Eckhardt   +4 more
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Illicit drug use and awareness of health and policing initiatives at Australian music festivals among people who regularly use ecstasy and other illicit stimulants [PDF]

, 2019
There is significant concern about patron safety at music festivals, and particularly related to illicit drug use and associated harms. People who attend music festivals are more likely to report illicit drug use than the general population, and ...
Degenhardt, Louisa ; https://orcid.org/, Dietze, Paul, Lenton, Simon R, Hughes, Caitlin, Sutherland, Rachel ; https://orcid.org/, Sutherland, Rachel, Barratt, Monica ; https://orcid.org/, Ezard, Nadine, Salom, Caroline ; https://orcid.org/, Dietze, Paul ; https://orcid.org/, Degenhardt, Louisa, Bruno, Raimondo ; https://orcid.org/, Hill, Penny, Griggs, Jodie, Hughes, Caitlin ; https://orcid.org/, Peacock, Amy ; https://orcid.org/, Gibbs, Daisy, Salom, Caroline, Barrett, Monica, Bruno, Raimondo, Grigg, Jodie, Ezard, Nadine ; https://orcid.org/, Lenton, Simon ; https://orcid.org/, Gibbs, Daisy ; https://orcid.org/, Peacock, Amy   +24 more
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Bacillus cereus panophthalmitis associated with injection drug use

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2014
We report a case of rapidly progressive vision loss in a young woman with a history of injection drug use. Subsequent enucleation of the affected eye was done and Bacillus cereus grew on tissue culture. B.
Nilay Kumar, Neetika Garg, Nilesh Kumar, Nicholas Van Wagoner   +3 more
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Clinical observation of a rare case of saving lower extremity after ligation of main trunks of the femoral artery and vein as a consequence of collateral circulation in a drug addict on the background of severe anemia and its use in practical classes for general practitioners — family physicians

Медицина неотложных состояний, 2022
Substance addiction, which includes tobacco smo­king, alcohol consumption and using of illicit drugs, are indirectly or directly responsible for the number of annual deaths worldwide, which is higher than that of due to cancer and is considered to be the
V.M. Rudichenko, D.V. Reizin, V.I. Reizin, A.L. Sokolenko   +3 more
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The Rural Opioid Initiative Consortium description: providing evidence to Understand the Fourth Wave of the Opioid Crisis

Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 2022
Objective To characterize and address the opioid crisis disproportionately impacting rural U.S. regions. Methods The Rural Opioid Initiative (ROI) is a two-phase project to collect and harmonize quantitative and qualitative data and develop tailored ...
Richard A. Jenkins, Bridget M. Whitney, Robin M. Nance, Todd M. Allen, Hannah L. F. Cooper, Judith Feinberg, Rob Fredericksen, Peter D. Friedmann, Vivian F. Go, Wiley D. Jenkins, P. Todd Korthuis, William C. Miller, Mai T. Pho, Abby E. Rudolph, David W. Seal, Gordon S. Smith, Thomas J. Stopka, Ryan P. Westergaard, April M. Young, William A. Zule, Joseph A. C. Delaney, Judith I. Tsui, Heidi M. Crane, the Rural Opioid Initiative   +23 more
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