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Hepatitis C virus risk among young people who inject drugs

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
BackgroundInjection drug use (IDU) is the leading risk factor for hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission in the U.S. While the general risk factors for HCV transmission are known, there is limited work on how these factors interact and impact young people ...
Pedro Mateu-Gelabert, Nasim S. Sabounchi, Honoria Guarino, Courtney Ciervo, Kellie Joseph, Benjamin J. Eckhardt, Chunki Fong, Shashi N. Kapadia, Terry T. K. Huang   +8 more
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The Ethics of “Smart Drugs”: Moral Judgments About Healthy People's Use of Cognitive-Enhancing Drugs [PDF]

, 2012
What moral concerns are relevant when judging the use of cognitive-enhancing (CE) drugs by healthy people? University students evaluated competitive fairness, distributive fairness, peer pressure, naturalness, and dosage form.

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Fungal Infections in People Who Use Drugs

Open Forum Infectious Diseases
Abstract Illicit 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 being the most commonly isolated species, followed by Candida parapsilosis ...
Jose Portugal Gonzales, Luis Ostrosky-Zeichner   +1 more
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HIV prevalence, related risk behaviors, and correlates of HIV infection among people who use drugs in Cambodia

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2018
Background Although HIV prevalence in Cambodia has declined to 0.6% among the general population, the prevalence remains high among female sex workers (14.0%) and men who have sex with men (2.3%).
Heng Sopheab, Chhorvann Chhea, Sovannary Tuot, Jonathan A. Muir   +3 more
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People who use drugs and mental health. [PDF]

, 2021
Ongoing discussions, including among key international donors, have raised concerns within Harm Reduction International and the International Network of People who Use Drugs (INPUD) about the proposed inclusion of mental health within the harm reduction ...

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'Zombie drugs':Dehumanising news frames and public stigma towards people who use drugs [PDF]

Background News media is an important determinant of public understanding of drug policy topics. Recent media reporting around the use of synthetic drugs such as xylazine makes frequent use of non-human metaphors, including reference to the effects of ...
Montgomery, C, Nicholls, J, Sumnall, H, Holland, A, Maynard, OM, Atkinson, AM, Montgomery, Cathy, Nicholls, James, Sumnall, H R, Maynard, Olivia M, Maynard, O M, Atkinson, Amanda, Sumnall, Harry, Holland, Adam   +13 more
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Seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus infection, anti-HCV antibodies and HIV and knowledge among people who use drugs attending methadone therapy clinic in Tanzania; a cross-sectional study

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background Methadone therapy clinics have been recently introduced in Tanzania, aiming at reducing risk behaviors and infection rates of viral hepatitis and HIV among people who use drugs.
Semvua B. Kilonzo, Daniel W. Gunda, David C. Majinge, Hyasinta Jaka, Paulina M. Manyiri, Fredrick Kalokola, Grahame Mtui, Elichilia R. Shao, Fatma A. Bakshi, Alex Stephano   +9 more
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The use of alprazolam by people who inject drugs in Melbourne, Australia

Drug and Alcohol Review, 2011
AbstractIntroduction and Aims. In Australia, people who inject drugs (PWID) commonly report the use of benzodiazepines (BZDs). This paper explores the emerging use of alprazolam among PWID in Melbourne, Australia.Design and Methods. This study reports on 3 years of data collected through the Victorian Illicit Drug Reporting System (2008–2010 ...
Horyniak, Danielle, Reddel, Siobhan, Quinn, Brendan, Dietze, Paul   +3 more
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SPLITTING & SHARING IN OVERDOSE PREVENTION AND SUPERVISED CONSUMPTION SITES: Survey Results

, 2021
Many people who use drugs buy together and split it amongst themselves, which we refer to as "splitting & sharing". While this is a common practice, restrictions related to splitting and sharing in overdose prevention services (OPS) or supervised ...
Touesnard, Natasha, Wertheimer, Sophie, Ranger, Corey, Ka Hon Chu, Sandra, Kolla, G, McDougall, Patrick, Bonn, M, Ranger, C, Bonn, Matthew, McDougall, P, Brière-Charest, Kim, Brière-Charest, K, Wertheimer, S, Fong, C, Fong, Clem, Ka Hon Chu, S, Kolla, Gillian, Touesnard, N   +17 more
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Achieving HIV epidemic control through accelerating efforts to expand access to pre-exposure prophylaxis for people who inject drugs

Frontiers in Reproductive Health
The world is not on track to reach the majority of the UNAIDS 2025 targets, and people who inject drugs (PWID) continue to be left behind, hindered by counterproductive law enforcement practices, punitive laws, economic distress, and social stigma and ...
Lirica Nishimoto, Adaobi Lisa Olisa, Philip Imohi, Judy Chang, Chris Obermeyer, Dama Kabwali, Christopher Akolo   +6 more
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