The Global Burden of Disease projects: what have we learned about illicit drug use and dependence and their contribution to the global burden of disease?

L Degenhardt, H Whiteford… - Drug and Alcohol Review, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
… of disease attributable to diseases, injuries and risk factors. Here we provide a brief summary
of the work for illicit drug use. … illicit drug use and mental disorders, with a specific focus on …

Extent of illicit drug use and dependence, and their contribution to the global burden of disease

L Degenhardt, W Hall - The Lancet, 2012 - thelancet.com
… health consequences of problem use of amphetamines, cannabis, cocaine, and opioids. …
illicit drug use and dependence, remission from dependence, and mortality in illicit drug users

Global burden of disease attributable to illicit drug use and dependence: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

L Degenhardt, HA Whiteford, AJ Ferrari, AJ Baxter… - The Lancet, 2013 - thelancet.com
Illicit drug use is an important contributor to the global burden of disease. Efficient strategies
to … The operationalised definition of illicit drug use has changed since the original Global …

What data are available on the extent of illicit drug use and dependence globally? Results of four systematic reviews

…, L Wiessing, GBD Illicit Drug Use Writing Group - Drug and alcohol …, 2011 - Elsevier
illicit drug use makes a substantial contribution to the global burden of disease: in 2000, it was
estimated that illicit drug use … data for the Global Burden of Disease project. We report sub-…

Type and pattern of illicit drug use and access to health care services for HIV-infected people

NL Sohler, MD Wong, WE Cunningham… - AIDS patient care and …, 2007 - liebertpub.com
Illicit drug users have poorer course of HIV disease than non-drug users, which is thought
to be due to their irregular use … drawn from a multisite project that evaluated the impact of …

Global statistics on alcohol, tobacco and illicit drug use: 2017 status report

A Peacock, J Leung, S Larney, S Colledge… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
… to the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs 2015 report 11. … and
illicit drug use as risk factors are presented. Burden of disease was presented for substance use

Illicit drug use and treatment in South Africa: a review

K Peltzer, S Ramlagan, BD Johnson… - Substance use & …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
diseases, such as AIDS and TB, injury, and premature death (… Although at present this
project provides arguably the best data … majority of substance users, are included in this project. …

Federal and state action needed to end the infectious complications of illicit drug use in the United States: IDSA and HIVMA's advocacy agenda

SA Springer, JA Barocas, A Wurcel… - … infectious diseases, 2020 - academic.oup.com
… response to illicit drug use and associated infectious diseases. Infectious diseases and HIV
… Increased funding is necessary for other demonstration projects and pilot studies to identify …

[HTML][HTML] Health consequences of rural illicit drug use: Questions without answers

DG Fisher, HH Cagle, DC Davis… - … substance abuse …, 1997 - books.google.com
… with illicit drug use are hepatitis (users are 12 times as likely as nonusers to contract hepatitis
C), tuberculosis, sexually transmitted diseases, … -wide HIV surveillance project. Am J Public …

Estimating the prevalence of illicit drug use among students using the crosswise model

M Shamsipour, M Yunesian, A Fotouhi… - Substance Use & …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
… for measuring illicit drug use, and will examine the case of use of opium and other illegal drugs
among … She is currently doing two other projects using indirect approaches for estimating …