Library
On this page you can find relevant researchs on drug-related health topics, including HIV, hepatitis C, drug and overdose prevention, harm reduction and drug treatment. You can also find our Clinical Guidelines.
Veterans prescribed medical opioids continue to use them
Of nearly one million veterans who receive opioids to treat painful conditions, more than half continue to consume opioids chronically or beyond 90 days.
Of nearly one million veterans who receive opioids to treat painful conditions, more than half continue to consume opioids chronically or beyond 90 days.
Benzodiazepine, opioid prescribing rises in primary care
Benzodiazepines are being prescribed alone and in combination with opioids in increasing rates at primary care practices across the USA.
Benzodiazepines are being prescribed alone and in combination with opioids in increasing rates at primary care practices across the USA.
Regional drug strategies across the world
A comparative analysis of intergovernmental policies and approaches from EMCDDA
A comparative analysis of intergovernmental policies and approaches from EMCDDA
Addiction science advocacy: Mobilizing political support to influence public policy
This paper suggests that practitioners have historically taken too narrow a view to counteract forces that are destructive to a science based approach
This paper suggests that practitioners have historically taken too narrow a view to counteract forces that are destructive to a science based approach
The International Journal of Drug Policy
Special issue: Opiate pharmacotherapy: Treatment, regimes, constructions and control
Special issue: Opiate pharmacotherapy: Treatment, regimes, constructions and control
METHAMPHETAMINE: FACT VS. FICTION AND LESSONS FROM THE CRACK HYSTERIA
The purpose of this report is to provide a critical examination of the available evidence on illicit methamphetamine use and its consequences in the United States and internationally. It is the aim of this report to dispel some of the myths about the effects of methamphetamine and other illicit drugs using the best available scientific data
The purpose of this report is to provide a critical examination of the available evidence on illicit methamphetamine use and its consequences in the United States and internationally. It is the aim of this report to dispel some of the myths about the effects of methamphetamine and other illicit drugs using the best available scientific data
Heroin Addiction and Related Clinical Problems
Heroin addiction is a well-known condition that has been a major reason for concern about the state of public health and law enforcement over the last few decades.
Heroin addiction is a well-known condition that has been a major reason for concern about the state of public health and law enforcement over the last few decades.
SMMGP Network February newsletter
Read here the February 2014 newsletter that contains UK-focused articles on heroin assisted treatment and Naloxone in primary care.
Read here the February 2014 newsletter that contains UK-focused articles on heroin assisted treatment and Naloxone in primary care.
Methamphetamine: Facts versus fiction and lessons from the crack hysteria
This report dispels some of the myths about the effects of methamphetamine and other illicit drugs using the best available scientific data.
This report dispels some of the myths about the effects of methamphetamine and other illicit drugs using the best available scientific data.
SMMGP Clinical Update January 2014
This Clinical Update includes researches on sexual dysfunction among male patients receiving buprenorphine and naltrexone, maintenance treatment for opioid dependence with slow-release oral morphine, ‘Methadone Tracy': transformations of service-user identity, general health of opioid substitution therapy clients, pharmacological interventions for drug-using offenders (Review), the diversion and injection of a buprenorphine-naloxone soluble film formulation, the oral health of heroin drug users: case study in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
This Clinical Update includes researches on sexual dysfunction among male patients receiving buprenorphine and naltrexone, maintenance treatment for opioid dependence with slow-release oral morphine, ‘Methadone Tracy': transformations of service-user identity, general health of opioid substitution therapy clients, pharmacological interventions for drug-using offenders (Review), the diversion and injection of a buprenorphine-naloxone soluble film formulation, the oral health of heroin drug users: case study in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
