Guta, Adrian Perri, Melissa Strike, Carol Gagnon, Marilou Carusone, Soo Chan
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The International journal on drug policy
People who use drugs (PWUD), and especially those who inject drugs, are at increased risk of acquiring bloodborne infections (e.g., HIV and HCV), experiencing drug-related harms (e.g., abscesses and overdose), and being hospitalized and requiring inpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy delivered through a peripherally inserted central catheter (PIC...
Fortier, Emmanuel Høj, Stine Bordier Sylvestre, Marie-Pierre Artenie, Andreea Adelina Minoyan, Nanor Jutras-Aswad, Didier Grebely, Jason Bruneau, Julie
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The International journal on drug policy
Frequent injecting increases hepatitis C (HCV) acquisition risk among people who inject drugs (PWID). However, few studies have examined how temporal fluctuations in injecting frequency may effect HCV infection risk. Thus, this study examined HCV incidence according to injecting frequency trajectories followed by PWID over one year in Montréal, Can...
Seear, Kate Fraser, Suzanne Farrugia, Adrian Valentine, Kylie
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The International journal on drug policy
Australia's recent investment in, and optimism about, direct-acting antivirals to treat hepatitis C brings with it the promise of new drug futures, including the possibility of a post-hepatitis C world and a revolution in the lives of people affected by the disease. But is the situation more complicated than we might assume? What expectations are b...
Berridge, Virginia
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The International journal on drug policy
Reuter, Peter Pardo, Bryce Taylor, Jirka
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The International journal on drug policy
For nearly a century heroin has dominated the illegal opioid trade. The global supply of heroin is estimated to generate tens of billions of dollars in revenues a year and its illegal use has long been the source of many societal harms. The arrival of inexpensive and mass-produced synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl, to parts of North America and E...
Keane, Helen
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The International journal on drug policy
This essay speculates about the possibility of a normalised future of addiction, where dependence on substances is no longer attached to a disease category or disordered identity. It draws on critical sociological literature addressing expectation and the moral economy of anticipation, as well as adopting a utopian perspective inspired by feminist ...
Barnett, Anthony Savic, Michael Pienaar, Kiran Carter, Adrian Warren, Narelle Sandral, Emma Manning, Victoria Lubman, Dan I
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The International journal on drug policy
Forms of artificial intelligence (AI), such as chatbots that provide automated online counselling, promise to revolutionise alcohol and other drug treatment. Although the replacement of human counsellors remains a speculative prospect, chatbots for 'narrow AI' tasks (e.g., assessment and referral) are increasingly being used to augment clinical pra...
Caulkins, Jonathan P
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The International journal on drug policy
Cannabis legalization and the arrival of nonmedical fentanyl are fundamentally altering North American drug markets. An essential part of that change is the ability to produce large quantities of these drugs at low costs, which is like a technological breakthrough in their production technology. This essay explores possible future consequences of t...
Giovenco, Daniel P Spillane, Torra E Maggi, Rachel M Lee, Esther Y Philbin, Morgan M
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The International journal on drug policy
The COVID-19 pandemic and associated public health prevention measures (e.g., "stay at home" orders) may impact tobacco supply and demand among consumers. This qualitative study identified multi-level drivers of shifts in inhaled tobacco product use and access patterns during the initial COVID-19 "lockdown" period in the United States. Between Apri...
Li, Chia-Wen Ku, Stephane Wen-Wei Huang, Poyao Chen, Lian-Yu Wei, Han-Ting Strong, Carol Bourne, Adam
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The International journal on drug policy
Sexualized drug use or "chemsex" in Taiwan commonly incorporates the use of methamphetamine. Our study aimed to assess the extent of severity of dependence of methamphetamine among MSM in Taiwan as well as motivations for engagement in chemsex. Direct messages were sent to users of a large MSM social networking application in Taiwan between Novembe...
