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Evolution of policy for the treatment of substance use disorders in Qatar

There is a marked paucity of published evidence on the extent and nature of substance use disorders in the State of Qatar. This is mirrored by a dearth of information on the policy for the treatment of substan...

Authors: Majid Alabdulla, Nimesh Samarasinghe, Iain Tulley and Shuja Reagu

Client satisfaction to methadone maintenance treatment program in Myanmar

To tackle the long-standing opioid misuse problem, Myanmar introduced the methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) program in 2006, starting with 260 clients. Since then, the program has been expanded across diff...

Authors: Sun Tun, Balasingam Vicknasingam, Darshan Singh and Nyunt Wai

Outcomes from the medication assisted treatment pilot program for adults with opioid use disorders in rural Colorado

As Colorado ranked among the top nationally in non-medical use of opioids, a pilot medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) program was developed to increase the number of NPs and PAs providing MOUD in order ...

Authors: Claudia R. Amura, Tanya R. Sorrell, Mary Weber, Andrea Alvarez, Nancy Beste, Ursula Hollins and Paul F. Cook

Estimating the impact of neonatal abstinence system interventions on Medicaid: an incremental cost analysis

Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) incidence has significantly increased in the US in recent years. It is therefore important to develop effective intervention protocols that mitigate the long-term consequence...

Authors: Diana López-Soto and Paul M. Griffin

The influence of multidimensional deprivation on problem drinking developmental trajectory among young adults: a longitudinal study using latent class growth analysis

Many young people in Korea today experience deprivation in various areas of life. The social determinants of health approach maintains that social factors play an important role in an individual’s physical and...

Authors: Soo Bi Lee and Sulki Chung

Frequencies of emergency department use and hospitalization comparing patients with different types of substance or polysubstance-related disorders

This study measured emergency department (ED) use and hospitalization for medical reasons among patients with substance-related disorders (SRD), comparing four subgroups: cannabis-related disorders, drug-relat...

Authors: Bahram Armoon, Guy Grenier, Zhirong Cao, Christophe Huỳnh and Marie-Josée Fleury

Perceived difficulty of getting help to reduce or abstain from substances among sexual and gender minority men who have sex with men (SGMSM) and use methamphetamine during the early period of the COVID-19 pandemic

This study examined the perceived difficulty of getting help with substance use among sexual and gender minorities who have sex with men (SGMSM) who use methamphetamine during the early COVID-19 period.

Authors: Kiffer Card, Madison McGuire, Jordan Bond-Gorr, Tribesty Nguyen, Gordon A. Wells, Karyn Fulcher, Graham Berlin, Nicole Pal, Mark Hull and Nathan J. Lachowsky

The impact of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic on drug overdose-related deaths in the United States and Canada: a systematic review of observational studies and analysis of public health surveillance data

There are preliminary indications that the trajectory of drug overdose-related deaths in North America has been exacerbated due to the novel coronavirus disease pandemic (COVID-19). As such, the impact of COVI...

Authors: Sameer Imtiaz, Frishta Nafeh, Cayley Russell, Farihah Ali, Tara Elton-Marshall and Jürgen Rehm

Alcohol and illicit drug use among young people living with HIV compared to their uninfected peers from the Kenyan coast: prevalence and risk indicators

In sub-Saharan Africa, there is paucity of research on substance use patterns among young people living with HIV (YLWH). To address the gap, we sought to: i) determine the prevalence of substance use, specific...

Authors: Moses K. Nyongesa, Paul Mwangi, Michael Kinuthia, Amin S. Hassan, Hans M. Koot, Pim Cuijpers, Charles R. J. C. Newton and Amina Abubakar

“That’s the whole thing about vaping, it’s custom tasty goodness”: a meta-ethnography of young adults’ perceptions and experiences of e-cigarette use

E-cigarettes are increasing in popularity, particularly among young adults. With public health organisations contesting the possible benefits of e-cigarettes, research is required to explore young adults’ use ...

Authors: Ananth Ranjit, Grace McCutchan, Katherine Brain and Ria Poole

Alcohol use during pregnancy in post-conflict northern Uganda: pregnant women’s experiences and provider perceptions

Alcohol use during pregnancy has been associated with several birth defects and developmental disabilities generally known as Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD). Contextual in-depth understanding on why w...

Authors: Apophia Agiresaasi, Nazarius Mbona Tumwesigye, Elizabeth Nabiwemba, Juliet Kiguli, Gakenia Wamuyu Maina and Goretti Nassanga

How to prevent alcohol and illicit drug use among students in affluent areas: a qualitative study on motivation and attitudes towards prevention

The use of alcohol and illicit drugs during adolescence can lead to serious short- and long-term health related consequences. Despite a global trend of decreased substance use, in particular alcohol, among ado...

Authors: Pia Kvillemo, Linda Hiltunen, Youstina Demetry, Anna-Karin Carlander, Tim Hansson, Johanna Gripenberg, Tobias H. Elgán, Kim Einhorn and Charlotte Skoglund

Developing and validating a measurement tool to self-report perceived barriers in substance use treatment: the substance use treatment barriers questionnaire (SUTBQ)

Substance using often cause a wide range of social, health, and psychological problems. This study aimed to develop and validate a questionnaire of barriers of treatment in substance users.

Authors: Hamid Tavakoli Ghouchani, Hossein Lashkardoost, Hassan Saadati, Seyed Kaveh Hojjat, Faezeh Kaviyani, Kazem Razaghi, Dordane Asghari and Nazanin Gholizadeh

Perceived healthcare stigma among patients in opioid substitution treatment: a qualitative study

People with substance use disorders (SUD) including patients in opioid substitution treatment (OST) are subject to stigma, and have generally poor health and barriers towards seeking healthcare. Experience of ...

Authors: Lars Garpenhag and Disa Dahlman

Trends in healthcare expenditures and resource utilization among a nationally representative population with opioids in the United States: a serial cross-sectional study, 2008 to 2017

Previous reports on healthcare costs and expenditures associated with populations prescribed an opioid primarily focused on populations who chronically use opioids or have opioid use disorder. However, studies...

Authors: Mark Bounthavong, Kangho Suh, Meng Li, Patrick M. Spoutz, Britney Ann Stottlemyer and Aryana Sepassi

Examining prevalence and correlates of smoking opioids in British Columbia: opioids are more often smoked than injected

British Columbia (BC) is in the midst of an opioid overdose crisis. Since 2017, smoking illicit drugs has been the leading mode of drug administration causing overdose death. Yet, little is known about people ...

Authors: Stephanie Parent, Kristi Papamihali, Brittany Graham and Jane A. Buxton

Prescribers’ satisfaction with delivering medications for opioid use disorder

Expanding access to medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD), such as buprenorphine and extended release (XR) naltrexone, is critical to addressing the US opioid epidemic, but little is known about prescribe...

Authors: Hannah K. Knudsen, Randy Brown, Nora Jacobson, Julie Horst, Jee-Seon Kim, Hanna Kim, Lynn M. Madden, Eric Haram and Todd Molfenter

An overview of select cannabis use and supply indicators pre- and post-legalization in Canada

Canada implemented the legalization and regulation of non-medical cannabis use, production and sale in 2018 aiming to improve public health and safety. While outcomes from legalization reforms in other jurisdi...

Authors: Benedikt Fischer, Angelica Lee, Tessa Robinson and Wayne Hall

The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) in the Russian language - a systematic review of validation efforts and application challenges

The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) is one of the most frequently used screening instrument for hazardous and harmful use of alcohol and potential alcohol dependence in primary health care (P...

Authors: Maria Neufeld, Anna Bunova, Carina Ferreira-Borges, Evgeniy Bryun, Eugenia Fadeeva, Artyom Gil, Boris Gornyi, Daria Khaltourina, Evgenia Koshkina, Aleksey Nadezhdin, Elena Tetenova, Melita Vujnovic, Konstantin Vyshinsky, Elena Yurasova and Jürgen Rehm

Opioid legislation and narcotic filling in total hip arthroplasty: descriptive study of time and state-level trends in the United States

The opioid misuse epidemic focused national attention on reducing opioid overprescribing. The purpose of this study is to describe the relationship of time and state-level interventions and opioid filling surr...

Authors: Daniel J. Cunningham, Sean P. Ryan, Steven Z. George and Brian D. Lewis

Are former heavy drinkers in the UK less likely to identify as being in recovery compared to those in the USA? A pilot test

To provide a preliminary test of the prediction that fewer former heavy drinkers will identify themselves as being in recovery in the UK versus the USA.

Authors: John A Cunningham and Alexandra Godinho

Socioeconomic correlates of incident and fatal opioid overdose among Swedish people with opioid use disorder

Opioid overdose (OD) and opioid OD death are major health threats to people with opioid use disorder (OUD). Socioeconomic factors are underexplored potential determinants of opioid OD. In this study, we assess...

Authors: Disa Dahlman, Henrik Ohlsson, Alexis C. Edwards, Jan Sundquist, Anders Håkansson and Kristina Sundquist

Correction to: Investigating the factor structure of a translated recovery-orientation instrument in inpatient treatment for substance use disorder

Authors: Dagny Adriaenssen Johannessen, Amy Østertun Geirdal and Trond Nordfjærn

Acute Toxic Effects of the New Psychoactive Substance “Voodoo” among Patients presented to the Poison Control Center of Ain Shams University Hospitals (PCC-ASUH), Egypt, during 2017

Voodoo is a heterogeneous mixture of psychoactive substances that has recently grown in popularity among youth in Egypt. Patients can present with a variety of manifestations that may lead to death in some cas...

Authors: Rania Hussien, Maged El-Setouhy, Mohamed El Shinawi, Hazem Mohamed El-Hariri and Jon Mark Hirshon

Research led by people who use drugs: centering the expertise of lived experience

Research collaborations between people who use drugs (PWUD) and researchers are largely underutilized, despite the long history of successful, community-led harm reduction interventions and growing health disp...

Authors: Zach R. Salazar, Louise Vincent, Mary C. Figgatt, Michael K. Gilbert and Nabarun Dasgupta

The validity and reliability of Persian version of smartphone addiction questionnaire in Iran

Smartphone addiction is one of the most important forms of technology addiction that has attracted the attention of all countries around the world. Many studies have been conducted in Iran on cellphone addicti...

Authors: Zahra Shaahmadi, Touraj Ahmadi Jouybari, Bahare Lotfi, Abbas Aghaei and Reza Ghanei Gheshlagh

Exploring the effectiveness of dextroamphetamine for the treatment of stimulant use disorder: a qualitative study with patients receiving injectable opioid agonist treatment

A high proportion of people receiving both oral and injectable opioid agonist treatment report concurrent use of stimulants (i.e. cocaine and or amphetamines), which has been associated with higher rates of co...

Authors: Heather Palis, Kirsten Marchand, Gerald “ Spike” Peachey, Jordan Westfall, Kurt Lock, Scott MacDonald, Jennifer Jun, Anna Bojanczyk-Shibata, Scott Harrison, David C. Marsh, Martin T. Schechter and Eugenia Oviedo-Joekes

Changes in substance use during outpatient treatment for substance use disorders: a prospective Norwegian cohort study from 2016 to 2020

Continuous use of amphetamines, alcohol, benzodiazepines, cannabis, cocaine, or opioids contributes to health impairments, increased morbidity, and overdose deaths among patients with substance use disorders (...

Authors: Jørn Henrik Vold, Fatemeh Chalabianloo, Christer F. Aas, Else-Marie Løberg, Kjell Arne Johansson and Lars Thore Fadnes

Validity of self-reported substance use: research setting versus primary health care setting

Self-reported substance use is more likely to be influenced by underreporting bias compared to the biological markers. Underreporting bias or validity of self-reported substance use depends on the study popula...

Authors: Parvin Khalili, Ali Esmaeili Nadimi, Hamid Reza Baradaran, Leila Janani, Afarin Rahimi-Movaghar, Zohre Rajabi, Abdollah Rahmani, Zahra Hojati, Kazem Khalagi and Seyed Abbas Motevalian

Patterns, trends and determinants of medical opioid utilization in Canada 2005–2020: characterizing an era of intensive rise and fall

Into the 21st century, the conflation of high rates of chronic pain, systemic gaps in treatment availability and access, and the arrival of potent new opioid medications (e.g., slow-release oxycodone) facilita...

Authors: Wayne Jones, Ridhwana Kaoser and Benedikt Fischer

The effects of maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy on adverse fetal outcomes among pregnant women attending antenatal care at public health facilities in Gondar town, Northwest Ethiopia: a prospective cohort study

The teratogenic effect of fetal alcohol exposure may lead to actual and potential problems, instantly after birth, at infancy; or even later, and mental impairment in life. This study aimed to investigate the ...

Authors: Alemu Earsido Addila, Telake Azale, Yigzaw Kebede Gete and Mezgebu Yitayal

Naloxone availability in independent community pharmacies in Georgia, 2019

Increasing the availability of naloxone among people who use opioids, and friends and family of past and present people who use opioids is a vitally important mission to reduce the occurrence of opioid-related...

Authors: Lauren Gilbert, Jennifer Elliott, Lauren Beasley, Ekene Oranu, Kimberly Roth and Jennifer Nguyễn

A qualitative exploration of the role of NGOs in the recovery support for persons with substance use disorders in a low-income African setting

In sub-Saharan Africa, most government mental health facilities are under-resourced to cater for the mental health needs of the population, including the provision of treatment and recovery support services fo...

Authors: Kwaku Oppong Asante, Emmanuella Asiama-Sampong and Richard Appiah

Assessing the evidence on the differential impact of menthol versus non-menthol cigarette use on smoking cessation in the U.S. population: a systematic review and meta-analysis

The potential impact of menthol versus non-menthol cigarette use on smoking behaviors is an intensely scrutinized topic in the public health arena. To date, several general literature reviews have been conduct...

Authors: Mimi M. Kim and Geoffrey M. Curtin

The impact of COVID-19 on healthcare delivery for people who use opioids: a scoping review

The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted healthcare delivery worldwide with likely negative effects on people who use opioids (PWUO). This scoping review of the original research literature describes the impact of the ...

Authors: Karen Alexander, Monika Pogorzelska-Maziarz, Angela Gerolamo, Nadia Hassen, Erin L. Kelly and Kristin L. Rising

20 years of Portuguese drug policy - developments, challenges and the quest for human rights

Portugal decriminalized the public and private use, acquisition, and possession of all drugs in 2000; adopting an approach focused on public health rather than public-order priorities. Arguing that the Portugu...

Authors: Ximene RÊGO, Maria João OLIVEIRA, Catarina LAMEIRA and Olga S. CRUZ

Variation in brief treatment for substance use disorder: a qualitative investigation of four federally qualified health centers with SBIRT services

Brief treatment (BT) can be an effective, short-term, and low-cost treatment option for many people who misuse alcohol and drugs. However, inconsistent implementation is suggested to result in BT that often lo...

Authors: Dennis P. Watson, Monte D. Staton, Michael L. Dennis, Christine E. Grella and Christy K. Scott

Implementation of tobacco control measures in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, 2008–2020

The World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) was developed to assist nations in reducing the demand and supply of tobacco. As of 2020, 182 nations joined the FCTC, agreein...

Authors: Sarah S. Monshi and Jennifer Ibrahim

The association of workplace health education with smoking-related behaviour and unequal gains by job position in China: ABWMC programme findings

Although the Chinese government has introduced a series of regulations to promote tobacco-related health education in workplaces, their implementation has been far from satisfactory. The aim of the present stu...

Authors: Haoxiang Lin, Meijun Chen, Yunting Zheng, Qingping Yun and Chun Chang

Factors influencing the provision of care for Inuit in a mainstream residential addiction rehabilitation centre in Southern Canada, an instrumental case study into cultural safety

Provision of culturally safe care has been proposed to address health inequity, including in the areas of mental health and addiction. The factors that influence the provision of culturally safe care remain un...

Authors: Julie Lauzière, Christopher Fletcher and Isabelle Gaboury

Perspectives of illicit marijuana growers and traders on commercial legalisation of marijuana in South Africa: considerations for policy formulation

Over the years, there has been a clarion call for legalising marijuana cultivation and trading for commercial purposes in South Africa. Proponents of the call argue that the criminalisation of commercial marij...

Authors: Emmanuel Manu, Mbuyiselo Douglas, Mohlomi Jafta Ntsaba and Elvis Enowbeyang Tarkang

The impact of PSTD on service access among people who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada

Settings throughout the United States and Canada are contending with high rates of drug-related overdose. This in turn has prompted efforts to more effectively engage people who use drugs (PWUD) in treatment a...

Authors: Annemarie Goytan, William Lee, Huiru Dong, Kanna Hayashi, M. J. Milloy and Thomas Kerr

Gender disparities in opioid treatment progress in methadone versus counseling

In the United States, the high dropout rate (75%) in opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment among women and racial/ethnic minorities calls for understanding factors that contribute to making progress in treatment...

Authors: Erick Guerrero, Hortensia Amaro, Yinfei Kong, Tenie Khachikian and Jeanne C. Marsh

A review of research-supported group treatments for drug use disorders

This paper reviews methodologically rigorous studies examining group treatments for interview-diagnosed drug use disorders. A total of 50 studies reporting on the efficacy of group drug use disorder treatments...

Authors: Gabriela López, Lindsay M. Orchowski, Madhavi K. Reddy, Jessica Nargiso and Jennifer E. Johnson

Tailoring services in opioid treatment programs for patients involved in America’s criminal justice system: national associations and variation by state and Medicaid expansion status

Opioid treatment programs (OTPs) are the primary source of medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for many individuals with opioid use disorder, including poor and uninsured patients and those involved in the cri...

Authors: George Pro, Brooke E. E. Montgomery and Nickolas Zaller

Alcohol use and associated factors among adolescent boys and young men in Kampala, Uganda

Alcohol use leads to about 3 million deaths globally. The alcohol industry employs marketing strategies to establish their brands in the lives of young people at a time when addictive behaviors are initiated a...

Authors: Steven Ndugwa Kabwama, Joseph KB Matovu, John M Ssenkusu, Tonny Ssekamatte and Rhoda K. Wanyenze

The relationship between family intimacy and relapse tendency among people who use drugs: a moderated mediation model

Drug addiction is difficult to overcome. The relapse rate is high, and the negative impact on individuals, families and society is severe, therefore exploring social psychological mechanisms to reduce relapse ...

Authors: Xiaoqing Zeng, Mengyao Lu and Meirong Chen

Associations between parental alcohol problems in childhood and adversities during childhood and later adulthood: a cross-sectional study of 28047 adults from the general population

Adverse childhood experiences (ACE) are related to adverse physical and mental health outcomes. However, few larger studies based on a general population sample with age groups ranging from young adults to eld...

Authors: Siri Håvås Haugland, Barbara Carvalho, Tonje Holte Stea, Arve Strandheim and John-Kåre Vederhus

A missed opportunity: underutilization of inpatient behavioral health services to reduce injection drug use sequelae in Florida

People who inject drugs (PWID) suffer high morbidity and mortality from injection related infections (IRI). The inpatient setting is an ideal opportunity to treat underlying substance use disorder (SUD), but i...

Authors: Austin E. Coye, Mackenzie T. Jones, Kasha J. Bornstein, Hansel E. Tookes and Joan E. St. Onge

The changing alcohol drinking patterns among older adults show that women are closing the gender gap in more frequent drinking: the Tromsø study, 1994–2016

As the population of older adults continues to grow, changes in alcohol consumption are important to monitor because an increase may have public health consequences. Rates of alcohol use vary with geographical...

Authors: Line Tegner Stelander, Anne Høye, Jørgen G. Bramness, Geir Selbæk, Linn-Heidi Lunde, Rolf Wynn and Ole Kristian Grønli