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Pathways of drug use among people who inject drugs

2021
This dissertation studies the contributing factors to illicit drug use behaviors by using a longitudinal, developmental perspective of drug use over the drug use career. The three component studies rely on the same data and similar methods to examine the contributions of drug type, individual, and contextual factors on multiple drug use outcomes among ...
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Peer-assisted telemedicine for hepatitis C in people who use drugs: A randomized controlled trial.

Clinical Infectious Diseases
BACKGROUND Hepatitis C virus (HCV) elimination requires treating people who use drugs (PWUD), yet fewer than 10% of PWUD in the United States access HCV treatment and access is especially limited in rural communities.
A. Seaman, Ryan Cook, Gillian J. Leichtling, Megan C Herink, Tonhi Gailey, Joanna Cooper, Hunter Spencer, J. Babiarz, Christopher B Fox, Ann Thomas, J. Leahy, Jessica E. Larsen, P. Korthuis   +12 more
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Psychological distress among Cambodian people who use drugs

Drug and Alcohol Review, 2019
AbstractIntroduction and AimsPeople who use drugs (PWUD) face several mental health problems. This report aims to examine the prevalence of and factors associated with psychological distress among Cambodian PWUD.Design and MethodsData used in our analysis were from the national survey of 1626 PWUD recruited through respondent‐driven sampling method in ...
Heng Sopheab, Sovanthida Suy, Chhorvann Chhea, Sophal Chhit, Phalkun Mun, Thanh C. Bui   +5 more
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Media framing xylazine as a "zombie drug" is amplifying stigma onto people who use drugs.

The International journal on drug policy
Amid increasing efforts to understand xylazine-associated harms, examining the potentially catastrophic role of stigma resulting from media outlets framing xylazine as the "zombie drug" is imperative.
Jeanette M. Bowles, Elizabeth C Copulsky, Megan K. Reed   +2 more
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Diverting people who use drugs from the criminal justice system: A systematic review of police-based diversion measures.

The International journal on drug policy, 2022
BACKGROUND Previous reviews of the effectiveness of measures to divert those who use drugs from the criminal justice system have focused mainly on post-conviction or post-sentence programs and report mixed results.
Etienne Blais, Jacinthe Brisson, François Gagnon, Sophie-Anne Lemay   +3 more
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Pentazocine use among people who inject drugs in India

Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 2015
Data regarding prevalence of Pentazocine use is sparse and intervention strategies aimed at it are meager. In view of the fact that Pentazocine has significant abuse potential contrary to what was earlier thought, along with the actuality that people who use injectable Pentazocine are at risk of various complications as HIV, this domain needs more ...
Aditya Pawar, Aarya Krishnan Rajalakshmi, Ravi Prakash Upadhyay   +2 more
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Drug checking use and interest among people who inject drugs in Toronto, Canada

International Journal of Drug Policy, 2022
Drug checking services (DCS) provide information on drug composition to inform consumption practices and monitor unregulated drug markets. We sought to identify correlates of recent informal DCS use (e.g., fentanyl test strips) and willingness to use a formal DCS (co-located within a supervised consumption site and employing laboratory-based analyses ...
Indhu Rammohan, Zachary Bouck, Sufiat Fusigboye, Jeanette Bowles, Karen McDonald, Nazlee Maghsoudi, Ayden Scheim, Dan Werb   +7 more
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Intergroup relationships with people who use drugs: A personal network approach

Social Science & Medicine, 2023
Positive and meaningful intergroup contact between people who use drugs and those with the potential to provide positive social interactions has been identified as an important pathway to address the burden of drug use by reducing stigmatizing views and behaviors.
Ashley F. Railey, Adam R. Roth, Anne C. Krendl, Brea L. Perry   +3 more
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Xylazine informational flyer for people who use drugs

2021
In February 2021, the North Carolina Survivors Union and the Opioid Data Lab detected a substance called xylazine alongside heroin, fentanyl, and some sugars (a common filler). Xylazine is a veterinary tranquilizer that causes central nervous system depression.
Figgatt, Mary, Vincent, Louise, Dasgupta, Nabarun   +2 more
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“It gets you high as a kite but not unsick”: Characterizations of and responses to a changing local drug supply by people who use drugs in Rhode Island

The International journal on drug policy
Background: The North American overdose crisis has continued at unprecedented rates with more than 100,000 overdose deaths occurring in the United States (US) in 2022.
Alexandra B. Collins, E. Macon, Stacey Levin, C. Wunsch, Rachel S. Wightman   +4 more
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