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Identifying and preventing health problems among young drug-misusing offenders [PDF]
, 2013 Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify the health problems and treatment needs of drug-misusing offenders and to draw out the implications of the findings for health education and prevention.
Judith Aldridge +2 more
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Harm Reduction Journal, 2021 Background Pharmacists are among the most accessible healthcare providers in the United States and uniquely positioned to provide harm reduction services.
Rachel A. Parry +5 more
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Journal of Contemporary Medicine, 2022 Aim Substance abuse and concomitant infections are important causes of morbidity and mortality. Yet, the number of epidemiological studies regarding infectious diseases in people with substance abuse are limited in our country. In this study, the aim was
Nülüfer Kılıç +3 more
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Recent Changes in Drug Abuse Scenario: The Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) Phenomenon [PDF]
, 2019 copyright 2019 by the authors. Articles in this book are Open Access and distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license, which allows users to download, copy and build upon published articles, as long as the author and publisher are ...
Catalani, Valeria +7 more
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Socio - demographic profile of psychoactive substance users in Pokhara valley
Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2013 The socio-demographic profile of psychoactive substance users (excluding alcohol) attending neuropsychiatric out patient department of western regional hospital Pokhara during the period Feb. 1997 to Oct. 1998 was studied.
K D Upadhyaya
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A Geospatial Bibliometric Review of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in the Russian Federation
Frontiers in Public Health, 2020 Background: Increasing rates of HIV/AIDS in Eastern Europe and Central Asia contrast global trends, but the scope of HIV/AIDS research originating from Russian Federation and countries of the former Soviet Union has not been quantified.Methods: We ...
Megan E. Gray Neils +10 more
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Abuse potential of propofol used for sedation in gastric endoscopy and its correlation with subject characteristics [PDF]
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2013 BackgroundPropofol has been widely used for an induction and/or maintenance of general anesthesia, or for sedation for various procedures. Although it has many ideal aspects, there have been several cases of drug abuse and addiction.
Ja Hyun Kim, Heewon Byun, Jun Hyun Kim
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Confronting the opioid crisis with consumer health information: a look at East Tennessee
Journal of the Medical Library Association, 2021 Background: Starting in the 1990s, health care providers began prescribing opioids to patients as pain relievers, believing they were safe. However, many patients became addicted to these pills.
Kelsey Leonard Grabeel, Jenny C. Moore
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Single high-dose buprenorphine for opioid craving during withdrawal. [PDF]
, 2018 BackgroundOpioid use disorder is one of the most prevalent addiction problems worldwide. Buprenorphine is used as a medication to treat this disorder, but in countries where buprenorphine is unavailable in combination with naloxone, diversion can be a ...
Ahmadi, Jamshid +3 more
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Transition from First Drug Use to Regular Injection among People Who Inject Drugs in Iran [PDF]
Addiction and Health, 2018 Background: The study aimed to evaluate the interval between first drug use and regular injection and factors associated with transition from first injection into premature regular injection among people who inject drugs (PWIDs).Methods: In a multicenter
Masoomeh Koozegar +2 more
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