This review reports on the results of a comprehensive literature search of studies examining
the physical and mental health characteristics of older adults in the United States who use …

Aims To provide an overview of research literature on ageing and older people who use
illicit opioids and stimulants by documenting the conceptual frameworks used and content …

This well-established and accessible text has been completely revised in this expanded fifth
edition. Each chapter has been updated, often extensively, to reflect current thinking, and an …

Objectives The aging opioid-addicted cohort from the 1970s has begun to alter the
demographic characteristics of individuals in need of services for heroin addiction. Yet …

The purpose of this article is to elaborate on the gendered social and economic organization
of the illicit drug world by articulating several dimensions of women's power. The main thesis …

BACKGROUND: This paper examines the health status and functioning of an aging cohort of
individuals with a history of heroin dependence with a focus on gender differences …

roe b., beynon c., pickering l. & duffy p.(2010) Experiences of drug use and ageing: health,
quality of life, relationship and service implications. Journal of Advanced Nursing 66 (9) …

Few studies follow the lives of opiate-addicted parents. The authors examined a 12-year
follow-up of 144 parents in methadone treatment and their 3-to 14-year-old children. Parent …

This article introduces an action theoretical perspective of addiction. The view that addiction
resides solely within the individual continues to foster significant limitations across addiction …

Our aim is to understand how narratives relating to personal identities and specific drugs
shape people's drug using careers. To do this, we rely on data from a photo-ethnography of …