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"Every 'Never' I Ever Said Came True": Transitions from opioid pills to heroin injecting

S. G. MARS ; P. BOURGOIS ; G. KARANDINOS ; F. MONTERO ; D. CICCARONE | 2014
Dans International Journal of Drug Policy (Vol.25, n°2, March 2014) Article : Périodique

This qualitative study documents the pathways to injecting heroin by users in Philadelphia and San Francisco before and during a pharmaceutical opioid pill epidemic. Data was collected through in-depth, semi-structured interviews (conducted betw[...]

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Explaining the geographical variation of HIV among injection drug users in the United States

D. CICCARONE ; P. BOURGOIS | 2003
Dans Substance Use and Misuse (Vol.38 n°14, 2003) Article : Périodique

ENGLISH : Distinct physical and chemical types of street heroin exist worldwide, but their impact on behavior and disease acquisition is not well understood or documented. This article presents a hypothesis to explain the unequal diffusion of [...]

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Fire in the vein: Heroin acidity and its proximal effect on users' health

D. CICCARONE ; M. HARRIS | 2015
Dans International Journal of Drug Policy (Vol.26, n°11, November 2015) Article : Périodique

The loss of functioning veins (venous sclerosis) is a root cause of suffering for long-term heroin injectors. In addition to perpetual frustration and loss of pleasure/esteem, venous sclerosis leads to myriad medical consequences including skin [...]

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Frequency of health-care utilization by adults who use illicit drugs: a systematic review and meta-analysis

D. LEWER ; J. FREER ; E. KING ; S. LARNEY ; L. DEGENHARDT ; E. J. TWEED ; V. D. HOPE ; M. HARRIS ; T. MILLAR ; A. HAYWARD ; D. CICCARONE ; K. I. MORLEY | 2020
Dans Addiction (Vol.115, n°6, June 2020) Article : Périodique

AIMS: To summarize evidence on the frequency and predictors of health-care utilization among people who use illicit drugs. DESIGN: Systematic search of MEDLINE, EMBASE and PsychINFO for observational studies reporting health-care utilization pub[...]

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Heroin-related overdose: The unexplored influences of markets, marketing and source-types in the United States

S. G. MARS ; J. N. FESSEL ; P. BOURGOIS ; F. MONTERO ; G. KARANDINOS ; D. CICCARONE | 2015
Dans Social Science and Medicine (Vol.140, September 2015) Article : Périodique

Heroin overdose, more accurately termed 'heroin-related overdose' due to the frequent involvement of other drugs, is the leading cause of mortality among regular heroin users. (Degenhardt et al., 2010) Heroin injectors are at greater risk of hos[...]

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Heroin uncertainties: Exploring users' perceptions of fentanyl-adulterated and -substituted 'heroin'

D. CICCARONE ; J. ONDOCSIN ; S. G. MARS | 2017
Dans International Journal of Drug Policy (Vol.46, August 2017) Article : Périodique

Background: The US is experiencing an unprecedented opioid overdose epidemic fostered in recent years by regional contamination of the heroin supply with the fentanyl family of synthetic opioids. Since 2011 opioid-related overdose deaths in the [...]

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Illicit fentanyls in the opioid street market: desired or imposed? [Addiction debate]

S. G. MARS ; D. ROSENBLUM ; D. CICCARONE | 2019
Dans Addiction (Vol.114, n°5, Mai 2019) Article : Périodique

Background: Illicitly manufactured fentanyl and its analogues are appearing in countries throughout the world, often disguised as heroin or counterfeit prescription pills, with resulting high overdose mortality. Possible explanations for this ph[...]

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Injecting drugs in tight spaces: HIV, cocaine and collinearity in the Downtown Eastside, Vancouver, Canada

D. CICCARONE ; P. BOURGOIS | 2016
Dans International Journal of Drug Policy (Vol.33, July 2016) Article : Périodique

This commentary revisits the political turmoil and scientific controversy over epidemiological study findings linking high HIV seroincidence to syringe exchange attendance in Vancouver in the mid-1990s. The association was mobilized polemically [...]

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Sold as heroin: Perceptions and use of an evolving drug in Baltimore, MD

S. G. MARS ; J. ONDOCSIN ; D. CICCARONE | 2018
Dans Journal of Psychoactive Drugs (Vol.50, n°2, April-June 2018) Article : Périodique

Since 2001, heroin-related overdose deaths in the United States have risen six-fold, a rise unaccounted for by the expanding user population. Has heroin become a more dangerous drug? Reports of fentanyl and its analogs, often concealed in or sol[...]

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International Journal of Drug Policy, Vol.46 - August 2017 - Special section: US heroin in transition

D. CICCARONE, Éditeur scientifique | 2017
Bulletin : Périodique

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Stimulant abuse: pharmacology, cocaine, methamphetamine, treatment, attempts at pharmacotherapy

D. CICCARONE | 2011
Dans Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice (Vol.38, n°1, March 2011) Article : Périodique

The high prevalence of stimulant abuse and its harmful consequences make the screening, diagnosis, and referral for treatment of persons with stimulant abuse a top concern for primary care providers. Having a working knowledge of use patterns, c[...]

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The entry of Colombian-sourced heroin into the US market: The relationship between competition, price, and purity

D. ROSENBLUM ; G. J. UNICK ; D. CICCARONE | 2014
Dans International Journal of Drug Policy (Vol.25, n°1, January 2014) Article : Périodique

There have been large structural changes in the US heroin market over the past 20 years. Colombian-sourced heroin entered the market in the mid-1990s, followed by a large fall in the price per pure gram and the exit of Asian heroin. By the 2000s[...]

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The rapidly changing US illicit drug market and the potential for an improved early warning system: Evidence from Ohio drug crime labs

D. ROSENBLUM ; J. UNICK ; D. CICCARONE | 2020
Dans Drug and Alcohol Dependence (Vol.208, March 2020) Article : Périodique

BACKGROUND: The US has seen a rapid increase in synthetic opioid-related overdose deaths. We investigate Ohio, a state with one of the highest overdose death rates in 2017 and substantial numbers of deaths related to fentanyl, carfentanil, and o[...]

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The relationship between US heroin market dynamics and heroin-related overdose, 1992-2008

G. J. UNICK ; D. ROSENBLUM ; S. MARS ; D. CICCARONE | 2014
Dans Addiction (Vol.109, n°11, November 2014) Article : Périodique

Background and Aims: Heroin-related overdose is linked to polydrug use, changes in physiological tolerance and social factors. Individual risk can also be influenced by the structural risk environment including the illicit drug market. We hypoth[...]

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The textures of heroin: User perspectives on "black tar" and powder heroin in two US cities

S. G. MARS ; P. BOURGOIS ; G. KARANDINOS ; F. MONTERO ; D. CICCARONE | 2016
Dans Journal of Psychoactive Drugs (Vol.48, n°4, September-October 2016) Article : Périodique

Since the 1990s, U.S. heroin consumers have been divided from the full range of available products: east of the Mississippi River, Colombian-sourced powder heroin (PH) dominates the market while, to the west, Mexican-sourced "black tar" (BTH) is[...]

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