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  1. Social support plays a crucial role in the treatment and recovery process of patients engaging in methadone maintenance treatment (MMT). However, there is a paucity of research about social support among MMT p...

    Authors: Long Quynh Khuong, Tuong-Vi Thi Vu, Van-Anh Ngoc Huynh and Truc Thanh Thai

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2018 13:8

    Content type: Research

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  2. Contingency management (CM) has recently shown efficacy in promoting abstinence and retention in treatment among crack cocaine users in Brazil. However, partially because of unawareness and resistance among he...

    Authors: André Q. C. Miguel, Clarice S. Madruga, Viviane Simões, Rodolfo Yamauchi, Claudio J. da Silva, Renata R. Abdalla, Michael McDonell, Sterling McPherson, John M. Roll, Jair J. Mari and Ronaldo R. Laranjeira

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2018 13:7

    Content type: Short report

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  3. To review studies about the reliability and validity of self-reported alcohol consumption measures among adults, an area which needs updating to reflect current research.

    Authors: Hannah McKenna, Charlene Treanor, Dermot O’Reilly and Michael Donnelly

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2018 13:6

    Content type: Review

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  4. Iran is a developing and Islamic country where the consumption of alcoholic beverages is banned. However, psychiatric disorders and alcohol use disorders are often co-occurring. We used the Alcohol Use Disorde...

    Authors: Simasadat Noorbakhsh, Jamal Shams, Mohamadmahdi Faghihimohamadi, Hanieh Zahiroddin, Mats Hallgren and Hakan Kallmen

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2018 13:5

    Content type: Research

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  5. As the availability of prescription opioids decreases and the availability of heroin increases, some prescription opioid users are transitioning to heroin. This study seeks to explore factors associated with r...

    Authors: Laura B. Monico and Shannon Gwin Mitchell

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2018 13:4

    Content type: Research

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  6. People who use illicit drugs (PWUD) are commonly diagnosed with major depressive disorder (MDD). However, little is known about whether PWUD living with MDD experience additional barriers to accessing health s...

    Authors: Tara Beaulieu, Lianping Ti, M.-J. Milloy, Ekaterina Nosova, Evan Wood and Kanna Hayashi

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2018 13:3

    Content type: Research

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  7. Studies indicate that adolescent-onset drug users experience a greater likelihood of dependence that continues into adulthood. The importance of early intervention was evident in treating adolescents before th...

    Authors: Chiu-Ching Chang, Jung-Yu Liao, Chiu-Mieh Huang, Hsiao-Pei Hsu, Chih-Che Chen and Jong-Long Guo

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2018 13:2

    Content type: Research

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    The Correction to this article has been published in Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2019 14:44

  8. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections among methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) participants remain high. Optimized HIV and HCV prevention strategies for MMT clinics in re...

    Authors: Xia Zou, Yong Xu, Wen Chen, Yinghua Xia, Yin Liu, Cheng Gong and Li Ling

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2018 13:1

    Content type: Research

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  9. In Latin America, substance related disorders are highly prevalent and one of the treatment strategies is the Therapeutic Communities (TCs), however, in Latin America there is scarce data about this treatment ...

    Authors: Carlos Gómez-Restrepo, Patricia Maldonado, Nelcy Rodríguez, Rafael Ruiz-Gaviria, Miguel Ángel Escalante, Raúl Ángel Gómez, Marcelo Ribeiro de Araujo, Ana Carolina Schmidt de Oliveira, Joel Salvador Chávez Rivera, Jorge Alberto Godínez García, Marina Piazza Ferrand and Dora Blitchtein-Winicki

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2017 12:53

    Content type: Research

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  10. The motives for elite athletes to dope are related primarily to maintaining and improving their physical performance. Especially, elite athletes training to compete in the Olympics may feel unique situational ...

    Authors: Moonjung Bae, Jungjoong Yoon, Hyunyong Kang and Taegyu Kim

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2017 12:52

    Content type: Research

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  11. Illicit drug use has become an increasing public health and social concern in the past decades worldwide. Intravenous injection has an elevated risk of infection. Needle embolism is a rare complication of intr...

    Authors: Xianming Fu, Kai Chen, Xiaobo Liao and Kangjun Shen

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2017 12:51

    Content type: Short report

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  12. Although the initiation of injection drug use has been well characterized among at-risk youth, factors that support or impede cessation of injection drug use have received less attention. We sought to identify...

    Authors: Derek C. Chang, Scott E. Hadland, Ekaterina Nosova, Evan Wood, Thomas Kerr and Kora DeBeck

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2017 12:50

    Content type: Research

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  13. The need for effective, culturally safe residential rehabilitation services for Aboriginal people is widely acknowledged, however the combination of treatment components that is optimally effective, is not wel...

    Authors: Alice Munro, Julaine Allan, Anthony Shakeshaft and Courtney Breen

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2017 12:49

    Content type: Research

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  14. Among persons with opioid use disorder (OUD), neuropsychological dysfunction is associated with depression, and better neuropsychological function is associated with opioid abstinence. However, it is unknown w...

    Authors: Travis M. Scott, Monica Rivera Mindt, Chinazo O. Cunningham, Franchesca Arias, Kelly Coulehan, Aprille Mangalonzo, Pat Olsen and Julia H. Arnsten

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2017 12:48

    Content type: Short report

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  15. Substance use disorders along with neuropsychiatric disorders contributed about 14% of the global burden of disease. Harmful alcohol use, is a known contributor for many harms (accidents, suicide, violence, an...

    Authors: Awoke Mihretu, Solomon Teferra and Abebaw Fekadu

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2017 12:47

    Content type: Research

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  16. Injectable opioids are an interesting option for people who inject drugs (PWID) that do not respond to oral Opioid Maintenance Treatment (OMT). To date, intravenous (IV) buprenorphine - a safer drug than full-...

    Authors: Perrine Roux, Daniela Rojas Castro, Khadim Ndiaye, Laélia Briand Madrid, Virginie Laporte, Marion Mora, Gwenaelle Maradan, Stéphane Morel, Bruno Spire and Patrizia Carrieri

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2017 12:46

    Content type: Research

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  17. Addressing opioid use disorder has become a priority in Ontario, Canada, because of its high economic, social and health burden. There continues to be stigma and criticism relating to opioid use disorder and t...

    Authors: Kristen A. Morin, Joseph K. Eibl, Alexandra M. Franklyn and David C. Marsh

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2017 12:45

    Content type: Commentary

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  18. The use of multiple licit and illicit substances plays an important role in many university students’ lives. Previous research on multiple substance use patterns of university students, however, often fails to...

    Authors: Laura Schilling, Hajo Zeeb, Claudia Pischke, Stefanie Helmer, Andrea Schmidt-Pokrzywniak, Ralf Reintjes, Ulla Walter, Maria Girbig, Alexander Krämer, Andrea Icks and Sven Schneider

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2017 12:44

    Content type: Research

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  19. Lead (Pb) poisoning among people using opium has been an increasing problem in Iran. The present study highlights the clinical effects of lead toxicity associated with opium use in Iran, Kerman province.

    Authors: Mohammad Mahdi Hayatbakhsh, Zohreh Oghabian, Elvira Conlon, Samaneh Nakhaee, Ali Reza Amirabadizadeh, Mohammad Javad Zahedi, Sodief Darvish Moghadam, Bighan Ahmadi, Somayeh Soroush, Jan Aaseth and Omid Mehrpour

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2017 12:43

    Content type: Research

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  20. Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) remains the gold standard for the treatment of opioid use disorder. MAT also reduces the frequency of injecting among people who inject drugs (PWID). Relatedly, data suggest...

    Authors: Maria Luisa Mittal, Devesh Vashishtha, Shelly Sun, Sonia Jain, Jazmine Cuevas-Mota, Richard Garfein, Steffanie A. Strathdee and Dan Werb

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2017 12:42

    Content type: Short report

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  21. Research in the area of illicit substance use remains preoccupied with describing and analyzing the risks of people who use drugs (PWUD), however more recently there has been a drive to use a strengths-based o...

    Authors: Katherine Rudzinski, Peggy McDonough, Rosemary Gartner and Carol Strike

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2017 12:41

    Content type: Review

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  22. The tobacco industry is continually evolving to adapt to increasing tobacco control pressure and regulation, and to cater to consumer preferences. Recently, RJ Reynolds rolled-out a nicotine-containing gum, Zo...

    Authors: Min Gong, Michael S. Dunbar, Claude Setodji and William G. Shadel

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2017 12:40

    Content type: Review

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  23. Methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) improves patients’ ability to access HIV-related services and reduces needle sharing and other risky HIV-related behaviors. However, patients may continue to engage in ris...

    Authors: Victoria L. Boggiano, Huong Lan Thi Nguyen, Long Hoang Nguyen, Tho Dinh Tran, Hung Van Nguyen, Huong Thi Le, Hai Quan Le, Canh Dinh Hoang, Cuong Tat Nguyen, Bach Xuan Tran, Carl A. Latkin, Nabil Zary and Thuc Minh Thi Vu

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2017 12:39

    Content type: Research

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  24. Since 2005, the Australian Government has subsidized the production and distribution of Low Aromatic Fuel (LAF) as a deterrent against petrol (gasoline) sniffing in remote Indigenous communities. LAF is used i...

    Authors: Peter d’Abbs, Gillian Shaw and Emma Field

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2017 12:38

    Content type: Research

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  25. Opioid use disorder (OUD) is a major risk factor in the acquisition and transmission of HIV. Clinical practice guidelines call for the integration of HIV services in OUD treatment. This mixed methods study des...

    Authors: Hannah K. Knudsen, Jennifer Cook, Michelle R. Lofwall, Sharon L. Walsh, Jamie L. Studts and Jennifer R. Havens

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2017 12:37

    Content type: Research

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  26. The crisis of prescription opioid (PO) related harms has focused attention toward identifying and treating high-risk populations. This review aims to synthesize systematic reviews on the epidemiology and clini...

    Authors: Pauline Voon, Mohammad Karamouzian and Thomas Kerr

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2017 12:36

    Content type: Review

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  27. Methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) patients face unique costs associated with their healthcare expenditures. As such, it is important that these patients have access to health insurance (HI) to help them pa...

    Authors: Bach Xuan Tran, Victoria L. Boggiano, Cuong Tat Nguyen, Long Hoang Nguyen, Anh Tuan Le Nguyen and Carl A. Latkin

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2017 12:35

    Content type: Research

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  28. Individual health beliefs are likely to play a key role in how people respond to knowledge and information about the potential harm from smoking and alcohol abuse. The objectives of the study were to 1) explor...

    Authors: Surin Jiraniramai, Wichuda Jiraporncharoen, Kanokporn Pinyopornpanish, Nalinee Jakkaew, Tinakon Wongpakaran and Chaisiri Angkurawaranon

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2017 12:34

    Content type: Research

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  29. Social support has been considered one of the most important factors of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) evaluations among different populations; however, few studies have explored the relationships of b...

    Authors: Kaina Zhou, Hengxin Li, Xiaoli Wei, Juan Yin, Peifeng Liang, Hongmei Zhang, Lingling Kou, Mengmeng Hao, Lijuan You, Xiaomei Li and Guihua Zhuang

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2017 12:33

    Content type: Research

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  30. Heavy drinking among university students has been globally recognized as a major public health burden. In the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region, studies on this issue have been scant, count...

    Authors: Siyan Yi, Chanrith Ngin, Karl Peltzer and Supa Pengpid

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2017 12:32

    Content type: Research

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  31. Medication adherence is essential to achieve successful methadone maintenance treatment (MMT). However, treatment adherence among MMT patients in the mountainous setting in Vietnam has not been yet investigate...

    Authors: Long Hoang Nguyen, Huong Thu Thi Nguyen, Huong Lan Thi Nguyen, Bach Xuan Tran and Carl A. Latkin

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2017 12:31

    Content type: Research

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  32. This study aimed to investigate the validity and reliability of the Mandarin Chinese version of the Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST-20) among adolescents, as well as examining the test’s predictability with re...

    Authors: Jung-Yu Liao, Hsueh-Yun Chi, Jong-Long Guo, Chiu-Mieh Huang and Shu-Fang Shih

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2017 12:30

    Content type: Research

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  33. People who inject drugs (PWID) often have poor health and lack access to health care. The aim of this study was to examine whether PWID engage in self-treatment through nonmedical prescription opioid use (NMPO...

    Authors: Disa Dahlman, Alex H. Kral, Lynn Wenger, Anders Hakansson and Scott P. Novak

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2017 12:29

    Content type: Research

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  34. Drug use-related visits to the emergency department (ED) can undermine discharge planning and lead to recurrent use of acute services. Yet, little is known about where patients go post discharge. We explored t...

    Authors: Jennifer I. Manuel and Jane Lee

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2017 12:28

    Content type: Research

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  35. Medicaid has become the largest payer of substance use disorder treatment and may enhance access to quality care and reduce disparities. We tested whether treatment programs’ acceptance of Medicaid payments wa...

    Authors: Erick G. Guerrero, Bryan R. Garner, Benjamin Cook, Yinfei Kong, William A. Vega and Lillian Gelberg

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2017 12:27

    Content type: Research

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  36. Co-occurring severe mental and substance use disorders are associated with physical, psychological and social complications such as homelessness and unemployment. People with severe mental and substance use di...

    Authors: Stéphane Morandi, Benedetta Silva, Philippe Golay and Charles Bonsack

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2017 12:26

    Content type: Research

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  37. To test whether there are gender differences in treatment outcomes among patients receiving injectable opioids for the treatment of long-term opioid-dependence. The study additionally explores whether men and ...

    Authors: Heather Palis, Kirsten Marchand, Daphne Guh, Suzanne Brissette, Kurt Lock, Scott MacDonald, Scott Harrison, Aslam H. Anis, Michael Krausz, David C. Marsh, Martin T. Schechter and Eugenia Oviedo-Joekes

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2017 12:25

    Content type: Research

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  38. The STTR treatment cascade provides a framework for research aimed at improving the delivery of services, care and outcomes of PLWH. The development of effective approaches to increase HIV diagnoses and engage...

    Authors: Redonna Chandler, Michael S. Gordon, Bridget Kruszka, Lauren N. Strand, Frederick L. Altice, Curt G. Beckwith, Mary L. Biggs, William Cunningham, J.A. Chris Delaney, Patrick M. Flynn, Carol E. Golin, Kevin Knight, Alex H. Kral, Irene Kuo, Jennifer Lorvick, Robin M. Nance…

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2017 12:24

    Content type: Research

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  39. Previous research has found strong associations between adolescents’ hazardous alcohol use and their perception of peer behavior, as well as own spending money and a range of antisocial behaviors. However, the...

    Authors: Camilla Jalling, Tobias H. Elgán, Anders Tengström and Andreas Birgegård

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2017 12:23

    Content type: Research

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  40. Opioids can impair psychomotor performance, and driving under the influence of opioids is associated with an increased risk of accidents. The goals of this study were i) to determine the prevalence of opioids ...

    Authors: Inmaculada Fierro, Mónica Colás, Juan Carlos González-Luque and F. Javier Álvarez

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2017 12:22

    Content type: Short Report

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  41. Alcohol-related problems at professional sporting events are of increasing concern and alarming reports are often reported in international media. Although alcohol consumption increases the risk for interperso...

    Authors: Charlotte Skoglund, Natalie Durbeej, Tobias H. Elgán and Johanna Gripenberg

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2017 12:21

    Content type: Research

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  42. Within alcohol and other drug (AOD) services, staff attitudes and beliefs are important influences determining provision of smoking cessation care. This study of AOD staff aimed to examine: a) current attitude...

    Authors: Eliza Skelton, Flora Tzelepis, Anthony Shakeshaft, Ashleigh Guillaumier, Adrian Dunlop, Sam McCrabb, Kerrin Palazzi and Billie Bonevski

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2017 12:20

    Content type: Research

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  43. There is a growing body of research highlighting the potential benefits of integrated care as a way of addressing the needs of people with alcohol and other drug (AOD) problems, given the broad range of other ...

    Authors: Michael Savic, David Best, Victoria Manning and Dan I. Lubman

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2017 12:19

    Content type: Review

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  44. Illicit drug use among university students has been recognized as a global public health issue in recent years. It may lead to poor academic performance that in turn leads to poor productivity in their later l...

    Authors: Siyan Yi, Karl Peltzer, Supa Pengpid and Indri Hapsari Susilowati

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2017 12:9

    Content type: Research

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  45. Alcohol use and subsequent consequences are harmful for individual college students. Other students and the university can also be negatively impacted by the consequences of alcohol use.

    Authors: Julie M. Croff, Eleanor Leavens and Kathleen Olson

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2017 12:10

    Content type: Research

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  46. Against the background that crystal methamphetamine (colloquially known as “tik”) is extensively used by the emerging working class Coloured youth in Cape Town, South Africa, this exploratory qualitative study...

    Authors: Kwaku Oppong Asante and Antonio G. Lentoor

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2017 12:18

    Content type: Research

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  47. Khat is a psycho-stimulant herb, which has been in use in traditional societies in East Africa and the Middle East over many centuries. Although khat is reported to cause various health problems, what constitu...

    Authors: Awoke Mihretu, Solomon Teferra and Abebaw Fekadu

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2017 12:17

    Content type: Research

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  48. Sleep disturbance is common and may adversely affect treatment outcome, mental health, and quality of life in heroin-dependent patients.

    Authors: Vincent Chin-Hung Chen, Hua Ting, Meng-Huan Wu, Tsang-Yaw Lin and Michael Gossop

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2017 12:16

    Content type: Research

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  49. Needle exchange programs are safe, highly effective programs for promoting health among people who inject drugs. However, they remain poorly funded, and often illegal, in many places worldwide due to fear and ...

    Authors: Kyle Barbour, Miriam McQuade and Brandon Brown

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2017 12:15

    Content type: Commentary

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  50. Identifying optimal, post-operative opioid management strategies is a priority of health providers and government agencies. At present, there are no studies we are aware of that have formally investigated opio...

    Authors: Chad E. Cook, Daniel I. Rhon, Brian D. Lewis and Steven Z. George

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2017 12:14

    Content type: Research

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