People who use drugs and the right to health [PDF]
Harm Reduction JournalSupport for a human rights framework for drug policy has been growing for some years. This year, the UNODC published a chapter in the World Drug Report focussed on the right to health.
Alison Ritter, Liz Barrett
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Fungal Infections in People Who Use Drugs. [PDF]
Open Forum Infect DisIllicit drug use in the United States continues to rise, alongside an increasing number of severe infections associated with drug use. Surveillance studies report that 28%–34% of candidemia cases are linked to intravenous drug use, with Candida albicans ...
Portugal Gonzales J +1 more
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Impact of COVID-19 among people who use drugs: A qualitative study with harm reduction workers and people who use drugs [PDF]
Harm Reduction Journal, 2022 Background Fatal drug overdoses in the USA hit historical records during the COVID-19 pandemic. Throughout the pandemic, people who used drugs had greater odds of contracting COVID-19, increased drug use due to COVID-related stress, and heightened levels
Fiona N. Conway +5 more
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Infectious Diseases in People Who Use Drugs Introduction. [PDF]
Open Forum Infect DisMarks L.
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Drug checking services for people who use drugs: a systematic review [PDF]
Addiction, 2021 Background and Aims Drug checking services provide people who use drugs with chemical analysis results of their drug samples while simultaneously monitoring the unregulated drug market.
N. Maghsoudi +6 more
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Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2023 Background In May 2022, Health Canada approved a three-year exemption from the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act decriminalizing possession of certain illegal substances for personal use among adults in the province of British Columbia.
Farihah Ali +5 more
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The intersectional risk environment of people who use drugs.
Social Science & Medicine, 2019 Current conceptual models for examining the production of risk and harm (e.g. syndemics, 'risk environment') in substance use research have been fundamental in emphasizing broader environmental factors that shape health outcomes for people who use drugs (
A. Collins +3 more
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Role of the media in promoting the dehumanization of people who use drugs
The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 2023 Dehumanization, the perception or treatment of people as subhuman, has been recognized as “endemic” in medicine and contributes to the stigmatization of people who use illegal drugs, in particular.
Daniel Roy Sadek Habib +2 more
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Prevalence of tuberculosis among People Who Use Drugs 2000–2024: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
Frontiers in Public HealthBackgroundPeople who use drugs (PWUD) are at a higher risk of developing tuberculosis (TB); however, there is no clear evidence to determine the prevalence of TB in this group accurately.
W. S. Ngowi +4 more
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Making sense of drug use and dependence:a scoping review of mass media interventions intended to reduce stigma towards people who use drugs [PDF]
The International journal on drug policyBackground:People who use drugs face entrenched stigma, which fosters shame, restricts service access, and exacerbates inequalities. The use of mass media in anti-stigma interventions offers an opportunity to challenge stigmatising attitudes at scale ...
Hickman, Matt +14 more
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