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Drug Misuse and Hepatitis C Virus Infection Profiles for Three Generations of Patients Being Monitored for Prescription Drug Adherence
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Scientific article
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Addiction
Public Health
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Objectives: Two epidemics in the United States are related: opioid drug injection and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. This study quantifies the relationship between illicit/prescription drug misuse and HCV infection in 3...
Tobacco Use by Clients Receiving SUD Treatment
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Scientific article
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Addiction
Evaluation
Prevention
Public Health
Treatment
Partner Organisation
Although cigarette smoking among adults in the United States has been steadily decreasing, rates continue to remain high amongst certain vulnerable populations.
A recent study published in the international journal of Addictive Behaviours ...
Native American Teens at Higher Risk for Substance Abuse
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Scientific article
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Epidemiology and Etiology
Evaluation
Prevention
Public Health
A recent study has found that Native American adolescents are at greater risk of alcohol and drug abuse than other American teens.
Survey results were collected from 1,700 Native American students at 31 schools across the United States and...
Mechanisms of Neuroimmune Gene Induction in Alcoholism
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Scientific article
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Addiction
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Rationale
Alcoholism is a primary, chronic relapsing disease of brain reward, motivation, memory, and related circuitry. It is characterized by an individual’s continued drinking despite negative consequences related to alcohol...
Emergency Department Screening and Interventions for Substance Use Disorders
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Scientific article
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Addiction
Treatment
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The emergency department (ED) has long been recognized as providing critical access to the health care system for many, yet only in the past few decades has the ED visit been recognized as an opportunity to identify and link...
Barriers to Addiction Treatment among Formerly Incarcerated Adults with Substance Use Disorders
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Scientific article
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Addiction
Treatment
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Background
Addiction treatment improves substance use and criminal recidivism outcomes among justice-involved individuals with substance use disorders, but is underutilized. Although information exists regarding barriers to...
Mortality in the United States from Self-Injury Surpasses Diabetes: A Prevention Imperative
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Scientific article
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Prevention
Public Health
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This report uses an enhanced conceptualisation of self-injury mortality (SIM), which comprised registered or known suicides by any method and estimated non-suicide deaths from opioid and other drug self-intoxication. SIM surpassed...
Mind the Gap: Putting Evidence into Practice in the Era of Learning Health Systems
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Scientific article
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Public Health
Due to the increasing amount of available published evidence and the continual need to apply and update evidence in practice, we propose a shift in the way evidence generated by learning health systems can be integrated into more traditional evidence reviews.
Occupational Patterns in Unintentional and Undetermined Drug-Involved and Opioid-Involved Overdose Deaths
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Scientific article
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Addiction
Summary
What is already known about this topic?
A majority of the U.S. population participates in the workforce. A person’s job affects both physical and psychological well- being. The opioid epidemic negatively affects workers, work-...
NIDA Notes: Impacts of Drugs on Neurotransmission
This articles discusses the central importance of studying drugs’ effects on neurotransmission and describes some of the most common experimental methods used in this research.
Drugs can alter the way people think, feel, and behave by...
Perceived Importance of Substance Use Prevention in Juvenile Justice: A Multi-Level Analysis
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Scientific article
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Law
Prevention
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Background
Youth under juvenile justice (JJ) supervision are at high-risk of adverse outcomes from substance use, making prevention important. Few studies have examined prevention-related attitudes of JJ employees, yet such...
Are Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems Helping Cigarette Smokers Quit?
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Scientific article
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Addiction
Treatment
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Background
The potential of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) to reduce the cardiovascular and other disease risks of smoking is of great interest. While many smokers report using ENDS for cessation, their impact under...
The Emerging Role of Inhaled Heroin in the Opioid Epidemic: A Review
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Scientific article
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Addiction
This article addresses encephalopathies: disease, damage, or malfunction of the brain. The authors attribute these problems to smoked/inhaled heroin which they label CTD (chasing the dragon). However, CTD (inhaling heroin fumes) has been...
State Prevalence and Ranks of Adolescent Substance Use
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Scientific article
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Prevention
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Introduction
This study statistically ranked states’ performance on adolescent substance use related to cancer risk (past-month cigarette smoking, binge alcohol drinking, and marijuana use).
Methods
Data came from 69,200...
Impact of the Tips From Former Smokers Campaign on Population-Level Smoking Cessation, 2012–2015
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Scientific article
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Addiction
Prevention
Abstract
This study provides estimates of the long-term cumulative impact of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s national tobacco education campaign, Tips From Former Smokers (Tips), on population-level smoking cessation. We...
Healthcare Costs and Utilization Associated with High-Risk Prescription Opioid Use
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Scientific article
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Public Health
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Background
Previous studies on high-risk opioid use have only focused on patients diagnosed with an opioid disorder. This study evaluates the impact of various high-risk prescription opioid use groups on healthcare costs and...
Socioeconomic Status and Cigarette Expenditure among US Households: Results from 2010 to 2015 Consumer Expenditure Survey
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Scientific article
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Statistics
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Objectives: To examine (1) the association between household socioeconomic status (SES) and whether a household spends money on cigarettes and (2) socioeconomic variations in proportion of total household expenditure spent on...
Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder with Ibogaine: Detoxification and Drug Use Outcomes
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Scientific article
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Addiction
Treatment
ABSTRACT
Background: Ibogaine is a monoterpene indole alkaloid used in medical and nonmedical settings for the treatment of opioid use disorder. Its mechanism of action is apparently novel. There are no published prospective studies of...
Tobacco Product Use among Youths with and without Lifetime Asthma
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Scientific article
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Public Health
Summary
What is already known about this topic?
Among young persons with asthma, use of combustible tobacco products, particularly cigarettes, worsens symptoms and increases need for medical management.
What is added by this report?
Cur...
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