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The Emerging Role of Inhaled Heroin in the Opioid Epidemic: A Review

Scientific article
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This article addresses encephalopathies: disease, damage, or malfunction of the brain. The authors attribute these problems to smoked/inhaled heroin which they label CTD (chasing the dragon). However, CTD (inhaling heroin fumes) has been...

How to Tackle America’s Opioid Crisis?

Scientific article
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Much the result of a poor understanding of how to treat chronic pain, the United States has in recent years been rocked by an unprecedented drug crisis: The opioid epidemic. Opioids include drugs derived from opium, such as heroin, as well...

Oil and Drugs: A Toxic Mix

News
This article covers drug use and the oil industry in Texas. Thousands of oil field workers are using drugs because of the mix of money and boredom due to the energy boom. Read more...
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Study Finds Increased Cannabis Use among Certain US States

Scientific article
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Over the last few decades, the United States has entered a new phase in its cannabis control policies. As of November 2016, 28 US states and Washington, D.C. had legalised cannabis use for medicinal purposes. Eight of these and Washington...

Acculturation and Drug Use Disorders among Hispanics in the U.S.

Scientific article
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Abstract The authors’ objective was to examine the relationship between degree of acculturation across five different dimensions of acculturation and risk of drug use disorders (DUD) among US Hispanics. Data were derived from a large...