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  1. Hepatitis C diagnosis could be a gateway to behavioral change and subsequent decline in transmission among people who inject drugs (PWIDs). We assessed the association between the social determinants of PWID, ...

    Authors: Salah Eddin Karimi, Azadeh Bayani, Peter Higgs, Amir-Hossein Bayat, Morteza Hemmat, Elahe Ahounbar, Bahram Armoon and Yadolah Fakhri

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2020 15:64

    Content type: Review

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  2. Alcohol use disorder (AUD) in HIV/AIDS patient’s decreases adherence and effectiveness of medications and help-seeking to HIV/AIDS care and treatment. This study, therefore, assessed the average 1 year prevale...

    Authors: Mogesie Necho, Asmare Belete and Yibeltal Getachew

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2020 15:63

    Content type: Research

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  3. Tobacco smoking is the second leading cause of death and is closely linked to fatal diseases. Hookah Smoking (HS) is a traditional way to smoke tobacco, especially in the Eastern Mediterranean region that is c...

    Authors: Fatemeh Bakhtari, Asghar Mohammadpoorasl, Haidar Nadrian, Nader Alizadeh, Leila Jahangiry and Koen Ponnet

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2020 15:62

    Content type: Research

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  4. Street children constitute a marginalized population in most urban centers of the world. According to UN sources, there are up to 150 million street children in the world today. The estimated number of childre...

    Authors: Mengistu Ayenew, Teshome Kabeta and Kifle Woldemichael

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2020 15:61

    Content type: Research

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  5. Suicidal behavior has a significant contribution to the global burden of disease that affects individuals, families and communities at different age groups. Sadly, up to 75% of suicides in the world occur in l...

    Authors: Getasew Legas, Habte Belete, Sintayehu Asnakew, Amsalu Belete and Shegaye Shumet

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2020 15:60

    Content type: Research

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  6. Substance use and adverse sexual and reproductive health (SRH) outcomes continue to be significant threats to female adolescents’ health and wellbeing, particularly to these marginalized subpopulations. Our re...

    Authors: Xu-Dong Zhang, Jun Zhang, Ren-Sheng Xie and Wei-Hong Zhang

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2020 15:59

    Content type: Research

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  7. The misuse of legal and illegal substances has led to an increase in substance use disorder (SUD) in the United States. Although primary prevention strategies have been successfully used to target chronic phys...

    Authors: Eric Afuseh, Caitlin A. Pike and Ukamaka M. Oruche

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2020 15:58

    Content type: Review

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  8. Opioid use remains a significant cause of harm to individual health. Perceived motives are of the main factors that help lead a patient into seeking treatment voluntarily to obviate that harm. The current stud...

    Authors: Mostafa Amini-Rarani, Esmaeil Khedmati Morasae, Tahereh Pashaei and Maryam Moeeni

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2020 15:57

    Content type: Research

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  9. The lack of robust estimates of HIV/HCV incidence among people who inject drugs (PWID) in Iran calls for well-designed prospective cohort studies. Successful recruitment and follow-up of PWID in cohort studies...

    Authors: Ali Mirzazadeh, Samira Hosseini-Hooshyar, Armita Shahesmaeili, Ali Bahramnejad, Adibeh Barshan, Ghazal Mousavian, Esmail Najafi, Hamid Sharifi, Ali-Akbar Haghdoost, Alya Briceno, Willi McFarland and Kimberly Page

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2020 15:56

    Content type: Research

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  10. Pill testing services could potentially be used to reduce drug-related harm. This study aims to identify patterns of ecstasy use among live music event attendees; explore the opinions and potential usage of il...

    Authors: Madeleine Southey, Ashwini Kathirgamalingam, Benjamin Crawford, Rohan Kaul, Jack McNamara, Franklin John-Leader, Jenny Heslop and Sabrina Winona Pit

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2020 15:55

    Content type: Research

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  11. Canada has been home to a longstanding public health crisis related to opioids, including an extensive mortality and morbidity toll in the face of substantive intervention gaps. Recently (2019), two extensive ...

    Authors: Benedikt Fischer

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2020 15:54

    Content type: Commentary

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  12. Mutual aid organizations, such as Narcotics Anonymous (NA), can provide support in substance use disorder (SUD) recovery processes. However, research on NA and its recovery-supportive elements is scarce and pe...

    Authors: Anne Dekkers, Sam Vos and Wouter Vanderplasschen

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2020 15:53

    Content type: Research

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  13. Methamphetamine (MA) remains one of the most commonly used amphetamine-type stimulants, accounting for the second most widely-used substance after marijuana. Due to increased use of MA, a wide variety of resea...

    Authors: Ebrahim Moghimi Sarani, Jamshid Ahmadi, Bahare Oji, Motahareh Mahi-Birjand, Nader Bagheri, Amir Bazrafshan, Marie Dehghan Manshadi, Sajad Yaghoubi, Asiyeh Dezhkam, Mehrdad Khatami and Meghdad Abdollahpour-Alitappeh

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2020 15:52

    Content type: Research

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  14. Substance use disorders are prevalent and returning to substance use (i.e., relapse) following treatment is common, underscoring the need for effective treatments that will help individuals maintain long-term ...

    Authors: J. Richard Korecki, Frank J. Schwebel, Victoria R. Votaw and Katie Witkiewitz

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2020 15:51

    Content type: Review

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  15. The stigma surrounding individuals who have substance use disorders is a pervasive phenomenon that has had detrimental effects on treatment outcomes, health care providers, treatments, research, policies, and ...

    Authors: Janet Zwick, Hannah Appleseth and Stephan Arndt

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2020 15:50

    Content type: Editorial

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  16. The misuse of tramadol has become a major aspect of the wider substance use challenge in recent years and is evolving into a health crisis at an alarming rate. However, literature on motivations for non-medica...

    Authors: Prince Peprah, Williams Agyemang-Duah, Emmanuel Appiah-Brempong, Adjei Gyimah Akwasi and Anthony Kwame Morgan

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2020 15:49

    Content type: Research

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  17. Drug dependence and the resultant problems notably decrease the quality of life (QOL). Measuring the QOL in persons who use drugs (PWUDs) and planning to improve it can be helpful for rehabilitation programs. Giv...

    Authors: Sousan Heydarpour, Amir Jalali, Fatemeh Baghaei and Nader Salari

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2020 15:48

    Content type: Research

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  19. Social support is a key factor in the treatment and rehabilitation process of persons who use drug (PWUD). This highlights the need for a valid and reliable tool for assessing social support. The cultural and ...

    Authors: Nader Salari, Amir Jalali, Behzad Abdam, Alireza Abdi and Hooman Daryoushi

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2020 15:46

    Content type: Research

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  20. Liver cirrhosis and other chronic liver diseases are usually compartmentalized into separate categories based on etiology (e.g., due to alcohol, virus infection, etc.), but it is important to study the interse...

    Authors: Laura Llamosas-Falcón, Kevin D. Shield, Maya Gelovany, Jakob Manthey and Jürgen Rehm

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2020 15:45

    Content type: Review

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  21. Treatment with direct-acting antiviral agents (DAAs) offers an opportunity to eliminate hepatitis C virus (HCV) endemic among people who inject drugs (PWID) and people enrolled in opioid agonist therapy (OAT) ...

    Authors: Christer F. Aas, Jørn Henrik Vold, Svetlana Skurtveit, Ingvild Odsbu, Fatemeh Chalabianloo, Aaron G. Lim, Kjell Arne Johansson and Lars Thore Fadnes

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2020 15:44

    Content type: Research

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  23. Retention in substance use treatment is one of the strongest predictors of improved outcomes among adolescents, making retention an important goal of treatment. We examined treatment providers’ perspectives on...

    Authors: Andrea Acevedo, Nellie Harvey, Maureen Kamanu, Shalini Tendulkar and Sasha Fleary

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2020 15:42

    Content type: Research

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  24. Substance use disorders (SUD) are mental health conditions that arise from chronic drug use. There is an increased recognition of this problem in Saudi Arabia.

    Authors: Nazmus Saquib, Ahmad Mamoun Rajab, Juliann Saquib and AbdulRahman AlMazrou

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2020 15:41

    Content type: Review

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  25. The international Life In Recovery (LiR) surveys have provided an important message to the public and policy makers about the reality of change from addiction to recovery, consistently demonstrating both that ...

    Authors: David Best, Wouter Vanderplasschen and Mulka Nisic

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2020 15:40

    Content type: Research

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  26. Drug use can lead to several psychological, medical and social complications. The current study aimed to measure and decomposes socioeconomic-related inequalities in drug use among adults in Iran.

    Authors: Mehdi Moradinazar, Farid Najafi, Farzad Jalilian, Yahya Pasdar, Behrooz Hamzeh, Ebraim Shakiba, Mohammad Hajizadeh, Ali Akbar Haghdoost, Reza Malekzadeh, Hossein Poustchi, Marzeyeh Nasiri, Hassan Okati-Aliabad, Majid Saeedi, Fariborz Mansour-Ghanaei, Sara Farhang, Ali Reza Safarpour…

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2020 15:39

    Content type: Research

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  27. Alcohol contributes to poor health, social and economic outcomes among adolescents. In Malawi, alcohol consumption among young people significantly increased after the introduction of alcohol sachets. A govern...

    Authors: Sangwani Salimu and Alinane Linda Nyondo-Mipando

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2020 15:38

    Content type: Research

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  28. An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

    Authors: Carmela Martínez-Vispo, Úrsula Martínez, Ana López-Durán, Elena Fernández del Río and Elisardo Becoña

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2020 15:37

    Content type: Correction

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    The original article was published in Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2018 13:36

  29. Despite recent reductions, youth substance use continues to be a concern in the United States. Structured primary care substance use screening among adolescents is recommended, but not widely implemented. The ...

    Authors: Lisa M. Kuhns, Brookley Carlino, Katie Greeley, Abigail L. Muldoon, Niranjan Karnik, Hale Thompson, Robert Garofalo and Maria Rahmandar

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2020 15:36

    Content type: Research

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  30. While treatment satisfaction has been associated with better outcomes in substance abuse treatment, there is an obvious need for a more profound understanding of what predicts client’s satisfaction with treatm...

    Authors: Katja Kuusisto and Tomi Lintonen

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2020 15:35

    Content type: Research

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  31. Alcohol consumption is associated with domestic violence, but the extent that binge-drinking and the household role of drinkers strengthens this association is unknown. We assessed the extent that binge-drinki...

    Authors: Wit Wichaidit and Sawitri Assanangkornchai

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2020 15:34

    Content type: Research

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  32. In recent years, methamphetamine use has increased noticeably in Iran, and this can make harmful consequences for the health of individuals and society. Therefore, the study aimed to investigate the consequenc...

    Authors: Javad Yoosefi Lebni, Arash Ziapour, Mostafa Qorbani, Fereshteh Baygi, Amin Mirzaei, Omid Safari, Babak Rastegarimehr, Bahar Khosravi and Morteza Mansourian

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2020 15:33

    Content type: Research

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  33. Persons who use drug need family and society’s support in the process of treatment and rehabilitation. Therefore, it is imperative to determine the psychological, social, and motivational factors that can help...

    Authors: Sana Shahrabadi, Amir Jalali, Rostam Jalali and Ali Gholami

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2020 15:32

    Content type: Research

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  34. Methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) has been proven to be effective in improving health status and the quality of life of illicit drug users. Due to the quick expand of methadone program, socialization throu...

    Authors: Tuan Anh Le, Giang Hai Ha, Mai Quynh Thi Le, Lien My Hoang Tran, Duyen Thanh Thi Pham, Ninh Hai Thi Tran, Giang Thu Vu, Long Hoang Nguyen, Hai Quang Pham, Cuong Tat Nguyen, Tung Hoang Tran, Kiet Tuan Huy Pham, Bach Xuan Tran, Carl A. Latkin, Cyrus S. H. Ho and Roger C. M. Ho

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2020 15:31

    Content type: Research

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  35. In Iran, as in many other Asian and Middle Eastern countries, some believe that opium has beneficial effects on cardiovascular system. Dependent patients suppose that opium has positive effects on cardiovascul...

    Authors: Samaneh Nakhaee, Saeedeh Ghasemi, Kimiya Karimzadeh, Nasim Zamani, Samaneh Alinejad-Mofrad and Omid Mehrpour

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2020 15:30

    Content type: Review

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  36. Alcohol consumption during pregnancy represents a significant public health concern. It has several adverse health effects for both the mother and the developing fetus. This study aimed to estimate the pooled ...

    Authors: Alemu Earsido Addila, Telake Azale Bisetegn, Yigzaw Kebede Gete, Mezgebu Yitayal Mengistu and Getnet Mihretie Beyene

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2020 15:29

    Content type: Research

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    The Correction to this article has been published in Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2020 15:82

  37. In China, substance use disorders represent a significant burden on public health and the economy. However, while the range of drugs and drug markets expands and diversifies, the instruments available to evalu...

    Authors: Huiyuan Gao, Meizhu Liu, Xu Luo, Jun Zhang and Taisheng Cai

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2020 15:28

    Content type: Research

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  38. Khat (Catha edulis) is a stimulant leaf khat comes from a tree which grows in countries bordering the Red Sea which are along the east coast of Africa and in west Asia. The psycho- active component within these l...

    Authors: Elias Tesfaye, Wolfgang Krahl and Selamawit Alemayehu

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2020 15:27

    Content type: Case report

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  39. Several studies reported that history of alcohol use among prisoners is higher than the prevalence in the general population. Criminality is found to be associated with alcohol use disorder (AUD) in previous s...

    Authors: Yohannes Gebreegziabhere Haile, Kaleab Berhanu Kebede, Asnake Limenhe, Kassahun Habatmu and Atalay Alem

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2020 15:26

    Content type: Research

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  40. Public authorities resort to various control policies in order to curb the prevalence of unhealthy behaviors. As these policies can only succeed to the extent that people agree with them, this study mapped Fre...

    Authors: Sylvie Castanié, Maria Teresa Munoz Sastre, Lonzozou Kpanake and Etienne Mullet

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2020 15:25

    Content type: Research

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  41. Because alcohol use disorders (AUDs) in patients living with HIV/AIDS are associated with a reduction in therapeutic outcomes and increases the risk of morbidity/mortality, finding an appropriate pharmacothera...

    Authors: Negin Farhadian, Sajad Moradi, Mohammad Hossein Zamanian, Vahid Farnia, Shahab Rezaeian, Maryam Farhadian and Mohsen Shahlaei

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2020 15:24

    Content type: Review

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  42. Sustainability of methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) program involves regularly assessing its impact on health and social outcomes of drug users in different settings, particularly in disadvantaged areas. I...

    Authors: Bach Xuan Tran, Mackenzie Moir, Tam Minh Thi Nguyen, Ha Ngoc Do, Giang Thu Vu, Anh Kim Dang, Giang Hai Ha, Trang Huyen Thi Nguyen, Hoang Quan Vuong, Tung Manh Ho, Nhue Van Dam, Trang Thu Vuong, Carl A. Latkin, Cyrus S. H. Ho and Roger C. M. Ho

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2020 15:23

    Content type: Research

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  43. North America remains in the midst of an escalating opioid overdose epidemic, largely driven by the influx of synthetic opioids such a fentanyl and related analogues. High rates of mental illness among substan...

    Authors: Lucia Dahlby and Thomas Kerr

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2020 15:22

    Content type: Commentary

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  44. Opioid Maintenance Treatment (OMT) is a well-evaluated treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD). Especially, under the condition of imprisonment, OMT is a preventive measure regarding infectious diseases such as...

    Authors: Kathrin Böhmer, Henrike Schecke, Irmgard Render and Norbert Scherbaum

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2020 15:21

    Content type: Research

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  45. Recent studies suggest that autonomous and controlled motivation may mediate the relationship between perfectionism and attitudes toward doping. The purpose of this study was to investigate the association amo...

    Authors: Kun Wang, Lei Xu, Jimeng Zhang, Dong Wang and Kaihong Sun

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2020 15:20

    Content type: Research

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  46. Driving under the influence of alcohol, illicit drugs and certain medicines is not allowed worldwide. Roadside drug testing is considered an important tool for determining such behavior. In Spain, mandatory ro...

    Authors: Francisco Herrera-Gómez, Mercedes García-Mingo and F. Javier Álvarez

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2020 15:18

    Content type: Short Report

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  47. Controlled prescription drug use disorders are a growing global health challenge in Sub-Saharan Africa. Effective supply chain regulations on dispensing and stock control are important for controlling this epi...

    Authors: Pakoyo Fadhiru Kamba, John Mulangwa, Bruhan Kaggwa, Freddy Eric Kitutu, Nelson Kaulukusi Sewankambo, Elly Tebasoboke Katabira, Pauline Byakika-Kibwika, Richard Odoi Adome and Robert Cyril Bollinger

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2020 15:16

    Content type: Research

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  48. While there has been extensive attention to the ‘demand side’ – or use and adverse consequences, including mortality – of the ‘opioid crisis’ presently unfolding across North America, few considerations have f...

    Authors: Benedikt Fischer, Michelle Pang and Wayne Jones

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2020 15:14

    Content type: Commentary

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  49. Quality of life (QoL) has recently attracted increased attention as a major indicator of the recovery from alcohol use disorder (AUD). This study investigated the mediating effects of social support and depres...

    Authors: Soo Bi Lee, Sulki Chung, Jeong Seok Seo, Won Mi Jung and Il Ho Park

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2020 15:13

    Content type: Research

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  50. State governments in the United States are increasingly viewing marijuana legalization as a policy option for controlling the opioid epidemic under the premise that marijuana is a less harmful substitute for o...

    Authors: Guohua Li and Stanford Chihuri

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2020 15:12

    Content type: Research

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