Changes over time in hallucinogen‐related emergency department visits in Ontario, Canada
Abstract Background and aims Recent increasing interest in hallucinogens has underscored the critical gaps in our understanding of their adverse health effects and healthcare usage over time. The current study aimed to examine changes in emergency department (ED) visit rates involving hallucinogens, clinical outcomes of visits and the characteristics ...
Daniel T. Myran +9 more
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Abstract Background and aims Evidence regarding the impacts of supervised drug consumption services (SDC) remains mixed, and few evaluations have used individual‐level, linkable health data to examine service withdrawal. In September 2024, the Red Deer overdose prevention site (OPS) in Alberta, Canada, was scheduled for closure, with operations ceasing
Nathaniel Day +10 more
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Trends in Use of Prescribed Opioids in Incident and Prevalent Patients With Ulcerative Colitis: A Nationwide Study in Sweden. [PDF]
Osooli M +9 more
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Regional perspectives: Substance use related problems in Ethiopia
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
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Urgent response is needed to address the stimulant-fentanyl related overdose crisis. [PDF]
Mills R, Jegede O, Muvvala SB.
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A call for action: Closing the evidence gap in management of stimulant‐induced psychosis
Abstract Background Stimulant‐induced psychosis (StIP) is emerging as one of most pressing health challenges. Over the past two decades, stimulant‐related harms and psychiatric care demands have risen sharply. Individuals with StIP often present with severe agitation and high suicide risk, and up to half progress to chronic psychotic illness within two
Anne Bouthillier +3 more
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Shared genetic variants across substance use disorders implicate common neurobiological pathways, a genome-wide mixed methods study. [PDF]
Holen B +13 more
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What anabolic–androgenic steroids reveal about the limits of current harm reduction models
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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Factors Associated With Adult Incarceration Among People With Opioid Use Disorder in New South Wales, Australia. [PDF]
Macdonald C +8 more
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