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Showing 1 to 20 of 121 for “"drug users"”.
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The narrative accounts of recovering drug users
This study aims to provide pertinent information regarding the widespread use of methamphetamine occurring in South Africa. This study explores how individuals who were addicted to crystal methamphetamine (CM) create meaning of their experiences of addiction and recovery. Since most studies …
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The narrative accounts of recovering drug users
This study aims to provide pertinent information regarding the widespread use of methamphetamine occurring in South Africa. This study explores how individuals who were addicted to crystal methamphetamine (CM) create meaning of their experiences of addiction and recovery.
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Drug users’ experiences of a residential rehabilitation program in Western Australia: A thematic analysis of drug users lived experiences
… has been a marked increase in the awareness of drug use and drug-related crime in Australia. As a result, the demand for drug treatment services has increased and 14 recognised government-funded services are now available in Western Australia (WA). The goal of these services is to reduce drug …
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Drug users: community, social exclusion and gendered experiences
Those who use heroin and other Class A drugs have been labelled by successive governments since the 1980s as the `enemy within'. Problem drug users, it is claimed, threaten the social cohesion of local communities and put the lives of honest citizens at risk. Anti-drug campaigns have rallied the …
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The Care of Hospitalized Intravenous Drug Users in 2019
People who inject drugs, particularly opioids, are a growing population, especially in North Philadelphia. This population is at high risk for medical complications that require hospitalization. While hospitalized, this population poses unique challenges to the healthcare system, including high …
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Characteristics of Marijuana Users Compared to Multiple Drug Users
This study examines drug use behavior in a self-described sample of users. Comparisons are made between subjects whose only illicit drug use is marijuana and those who use both marijuana and other drugs. Data are from the DRUGNET study (1996, 1998, 1999), a multi-panel study conducted over the …
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From Within the Abyss: Drug Users in Areas of Rural Poverty
… to deal with many unanswered questions regarding drug use, specifically drug use in areas of rural poverty. Look at any "Faces of Meth" billboard or listen to any corporate-news program and one might assume there is a drug epidemic in rural areas. Without research, this allows the viewer to assume …
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Development, implementation and evaluation of harm reduction techniques for drug users.
… their benefits. The provision of services for drug users is no exception to this. Harm reduction is a broad term used to describe drug policies and interventions that aim to reduce the risks to the individual and society, recognising that drug use is an inevitable part of society. Arguably, …
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Psychosocial impacts of testing HIV seropositive amongst African American injection drug users.
… seropositive amongst African American injection drug users.
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Perceptions of illicit drugs and drug users: myth-understandings and policy consequences
… these published works relates to the ways that drugs, drug users, and the activities which surround them are often subject to exaggeration, distortion and untruths and that drug control policy, rather than being rationally based is often the result of fear, prejudice and unreason. The core of …
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An Assessment of the HIV Prevention Needs of Injection Drug Users in Montana
… individuals living in Montana who use injection drugs (IDUs). Gaps between prevention needs and services were identified and recommendations for overcoming the barriers to accessing and implementing treatment needs and services were offered.<br> A qualitative case study approach was used. Data …
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National HIV/AIDS second generation surveillance on drug users in 2005 in China
… associated with HIV-1 infection among drug users in China based on the national second generation surveillance on drug users in 2005. Methods: National HIV/AIDS second generation surveillance is a routine work in China; the data on drug users in 2005 were analysed; HIV-1 antibody status …
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An Assessment of the HIV Prevention Needs of Injection Drug Users in Montana
… individuals living in Montana who use injection drugs (IDUs). Gaps between prevention needs and services were identified and recommendations for overcoming the barriers to accessing and implementing treatment needs and services were offered.<br> A qualitative case study approach was used. Data …
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Modelling the hepatitis C virus disease burden among injecting drug users in Scotland
… First, the incidence and cessation of injecting drug use in Glasgow during 1960-2000 were derived through the use of a modified Delphi approach. Instead of the usual iterative process to refine experts’ estimates, the elicitation of IDU incidence and cessation provided an opportunity to combine …
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Examining the association between discrimination and risky social networks among illicit drug users
Discrimination is a predictor of increased drug use initiation. Thus, discrimination may systematically marginalize stigmatized individuals into risky social networks (e.g., networks with high burden of disease) that facilitate HIV transmission. Therefore, even when individual risk behaviors are …
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Personality traits of alcohol and other drug users in Cape Town, South Africa
… some individuals to alcohol and other drug (AOD) use. High levels of hopelessness, anxiety sensitivity, sensation seeking, and impulsivity are each associated with specific patterns of substance use caused by underlying motivational susceptibilities. Furthermore, incorporating these …
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Convergence or Consequentialism: A study of health policy towards drug users in two countries.
… in the area of health policy towards intravenous drug users over the past two decades; the relationship between competing perspectives in policy and the impact of AIDS on that policy. To illustrate this, policy perspectives in two countries towards the provision of needle exchanges will be …
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A Description of Female, Adult Recreational Drug Users: A Sub-Analysis of the Drugnet Survey
Drug abuse can be a serious, chronic, and relapsing health problem for both men and women. Among women, however, drug use and abuse present an array of different challenges to health and well-being. In addition, the health of women has been given less attention than the health of men. Little …
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The General Well-Being of Recreational Drug Users: A Sub-Analysis of the Drugnet Survey
… of a sample of occasional, recreational drug users. Drugnet was an on-line survey of recreational drug use by non-deviant adults via the WWW. Volunteer subjects completed the survey over the internet between March and September 1997. Mental health was assessed utilizing the General …
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