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Historical trends in self‐reported US heroin initiation
Abstract Background and aims Illegal opioids create challenges for public health and safety. There is imperfect understanding of when use of illegally manufactured opioids increased. This paper examined data on self‐reported year of first heroin use in the United States. Design Secondary analysis of general population survey data. Setting United States.
Jonathan P. Caulkins, Bishu Giri
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The role of social work in the opioid epidemic: office-based opioid treatment programs
The opioid epidemic is a national emergency in the United States. To meet the needs of individuals diagnosed with Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) office-based opioid treatment programs (OBOT) are quickly expanding.
Lombardi, Brianna M. +3 more
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ABSTRACT Rationale Chronic pain is difficult to treat and pain medication is often ineffective and associated with side‐effects. Thus, alternative treatments are frequently used. Sophrology is a method to improve wellbeing combining Western and Eastern practices. Widely used in French‐speaking countries for over 40 years.
Charlotte Chatfield +2 more
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Naloxone’s Presence on the Opioid Epidemic
Background: The opioid epidemic was a concern within the United States based upon the rising numbers of overdose deaths. Naloxone is the antidote for the adverse effects opioids have on the body, and its lack of viability varies from state to state ...
Ptasinski, Karolina
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Litigating an Epidemic: California Plaintiffs In the National Opioid Litigation
Can litigation solve a public health epidemic? The opioid epidemic has cost California 24,885 lives, $4.3 billion, and counting. As a result, over 500 California cities, counties, and sovereign Indian tribes are engaged in civil litigation against over ...
Pannier, Samantha T.
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Trailblazing through the Opioid Epidemic. Will Science Prevail? [PDF]
Limratana P, Yuki K.
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From Populism to Fascism? On Our Present‐Time Political Categories
ABSTRACT With the global rise of far‐right governments, two categories are available to describe this aspect of our current times: populism and fascism. This raises a twofold question: analytically, which is the most accurate to describe these authoritarian governments?
Federico Tarragoni
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Uncovering the opioid epidemic : student instructions [PDF]
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ABSTRACT Achieving hepatitis C virus (HCV) elimination requires innovative paradigms that overcome barriers to treatment, such as requiring pre‐treatment elastography or phlebotomy‐based fibrosis assessment. To identify patients at low risk of advanced fibrosis or decompensated cirrhosis within our HCV treatment programme, we developed and ...
Hunter Spencer +4 more
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ABSTRACT Ongoing monitoring of hepatitis C virus (HCV) and HIV incidence among people who inject drugs (PWID) is important for epidemic control and assessing progress towards disease elimination. We estimated trends in HIV and HCV infection incidence in a community‐based cohort of PWID in Montreal, Canada.
Bluma Blake Kleiner +9 more
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