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Regional perspectives: Substance use related problems in Ethiopia

open access: yesAddiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Ethiopia, with a population exceeding 130 million, presents a complex landscape for understanding substance use disorders. The country's diverse cultural heritage, varying regional practices, and evolving socioeconomic conditions create unique factors of substance use that differ markedly from global trends.
Tesfa M. Yimer   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Editorial: Misuse and abuse of prescription drugs in custodial settings

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychiatry, 2023
Filippo Pirani   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

What anabolic–androgenic steroids reveal about the limits of current harm reduction models

open access: yesAddiction, 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
wiley   +1 more source

High temporal resolution monitoring of illicit drug consumption across England via wastewater analysis

open access: yesAddiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Aim To monitor community‐level consumption of 20 illicit drugs across urban areas of England using wastewater‐based epidemiology (WBE) surveillance at high temporal resolution. Design, setting, cases This study was conducted over a 12‐month period in 2022 sampling 24‐hour composite wastewater samples at 15 wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs ...
Helena Rapp‐Wright   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Opioid Safety Toolkit: An interactive prescription opioid safety toolkit to increase opioid safety literacy and behaviours among people prescribed opioids for pain—a randomised controlled trial

open access: yesAddiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims Prescription opioid‐related harm remains a significant public health concern. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of the Opioid Safety Toolkit, a co‐designed, interactive online resource, in increasing naloxone uptake and healthcare provider discussions among adults prescribed opioids for pain.
Suzanne Nielsen   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

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