Drug policy and the public good
T Babor - 2010 - books.google.com
Drug use represents a significant burden to public health through disease, disability and
social problems, and policy makers are becoming increasingly interested in how to develop …
social problems, and policy makers are becoming increasingly interested in how to develop …
Opioids for the treatment of chronic pain: mistakes made, lessons learned, and future directions
JC Ballantyne - Anesthesia & Analgesia, 2017 - journals.lww.com
An overreliance on opioids has impacted all types of pain management, making it
undoubtedly a root cause of the “epidemic” of prescription opioid abuse in the United States …
undoubtedly a root cause of the “epidemic” of prescription opioid abuse in the United States …
[图书][B] The globalization of addiction: A study in poverty of the spirit
B Alexander - 2010 - books.google.com
'The Globalization of Addiction'presents a radical rethink about the nature of addiction.
Scientific medicine has failed when it comes to addiction. There are no reliable methods to …
Scientific medicine has failed when it comes to addiction. There are no reliable methods to …
Prescribing of opioid analgesics and related mortality before and after the introduction of long-acting oxycodone
IA Dhalla, MM Mamdani, MLA Sivilotti, A Kopp… - Cmaj, 2009 - Can Med Assoc
Introduction: Opioid-related mortality appears to be increasing in Canada. We examined the
true extent of the problem and the impact of the introduction of long-acting oxycodone …
true extent of the problem and the impact of the introduction of long-acting oxycodone …
Drug policy and the public good: evidence for effective interventions
Debates about which policy initiatives can prevent or reduce the damage that illicit drugs
cause to the public good are rarely informed by scientific evidence. Fortunately, evidence …
cause to the public good are rarely informed by scientific evidence. Fortunately, evidence …
The misuse of prescription opioids: a threat for Europe?
J van Amsterdam… - Current drug abuse …, 2015 - ingentaconnect.com
In the the past two decades the medical use of prescription opioids (POs), in particular
oxycodone, increased up to 14-fold in the US and Canada. The high consumption of these …
oxycodone, increased up to 14-fold in the US and Canada. The high consumption of these …
[PDF][PDF] Prescription opioid related misuse, harms, diversion and interventions in Canada: a review
Background: The non-medical use of and harms related to prescription opioid (PO)
analgesics–key medications to treat severe and chronic pain-are an emerging public health …
analgesics–key medications to treat severe and chronic pain-are an emerging public health …
Non‐medical use of prescription opioids and prescription opioid‐related harms: why so markedly higher in N orth A merica compared to the rest of the world?
Aims This paper aims to identify possible system‐level factors contributing to the marked
differences in the levels of non‐medical prescription opioid use (NMPOU) and prescription …
differences in the levels of non‐medical prescription opioid use (NMPOU) and prescription …
The rising prevalence of prescription opioid injection and its association with hepatitis C incidence among street‐drug users
J Bruneau, É Roy, N Arruda, G Zang… - …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Aims To examine trends in prescription opioid (PO) injection and to assess its association
with hepatitis C virus (HCV) seroconversion among injection drug users (IDUs). Design …
with hepatitis C virus (HCV) seroconversion among injection drug users (IDUs). Design …
Prevalence of co-occurring substance use and other mental disorders in the Canadian population
B Rush, K Urbanoski, D Bassani… - The Canadian …, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: Population health surveys around the world have studied the epidemiology of
comorbid substance use disorders (SUDs) and other mental disorders as part of larger …
comorbid substance use disorders (SUDs) and other mental disorders as part of larger …