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Article : Périodique
Background: Krokodil, a homemade injectable opioid, gained its moniker from the excessive harms associated with its use, such as ulcerations, amputations and discolored scale-like skin. While a relatively new phenomenon, krokodil use is prevalen[...]
Article : Périodique
T. RHODES ; M. HARRIS ; F. G. SANIN ; K. LANCASTER |Drawing on an ecological approach, we trace how the political-economy of drug wars are locally materialised in relation to health. We take the case of coca cultivation and eradication as our example. To make our analysis, we trace the different [...]
Bulletin : Périodique
International Journal of Drug Policy, Vol.47 - September 2017 - Elimination of hepatitis C virus infection among PWID: The beginning of a new era of interferon-free DAA therapy
J. GREBELY ; J. BRUNEAU ; P. BRUGGMANN ; M. HARRIS ; M. HICKMAN ; T. RHODES ; C. TRELOAR, Éditeur scientifique | 2017
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 [...]
Article : Périodique
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 |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[...]
Article : Périodique
M. HARRIS ; K. FORSETH ; T. RHODES |Background: Between late 2010 and mid 2011 there was a significant heroin shortage in the United Kingdom (UK), resulting in a rapid drop in street heroin purity and increase in price. The most well documented event of this kind is the 2000-2001 [...]
Article : Périodique
Methadone diversion as a protective strategy: The harm reduction potential of 'generous constraints'
Methadone maintenance treatment is evidenced as a successful harm reduction initiative in regard to the prevention of blood borne viruses and other injecting related harms. This is attributable to reductions in heroin use and injecting equipment[...]![Restrictions on access to direct-acting antivirals for people who inject drugs: The European Hep-CORE study and the role of patient groups in monitoring national HCV responses [Viewpoint]](https://bdoc.ofdt.fr/thumbnail.php?type=1&id=79379)
Article : Périodique
J. V. LAZARUS ; K. SAFREED-HARMON ; S. R. STUMO ; M. JAUFFRET-ROUSTIDE ; M. MATICIC ; T. REIC ; E. SCHATZ ; J. TALLADA ; M. HARRIS ; HEP-CORE STUDY GROUP |In 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) called for the elimination of viral hepatitis as a public health threat and established the ambitious targets of achieving an 80% reduction in new infections and a 65% reduction in deaths from hepatit[...]Nouveauté
Article : Périodique
T. D. BROTHERS ; M. BONN ; D. LEWER ; E. COMEAU ; I. KIM ; D. WEBSTER ; A. HAYWARD ; M. HARRIS |BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Injection drug use-associated bacterial and fungal infections are increasingly common, and social contexts shape individuals' injecting practices and treatment experiences. We sought to synthesize qualitative studies of soci[...]
Article : Périodique
The review in this issue of the International Journal of Drug Policy (Grund, Latypov, & Harris, 2013) highlights the disturbing harms caused by the increasing use of 'krokodil' by people who inject drugs (PWID) in Eurasia. The growing use of thi[...]
Article : Périodique
Aim - To explore the facilitators of long-term hepatitis C avoidance among people who inject drugs. Design - We employed a qualitative life history design. Setting - Recruitment took place through low-threshold drug services and drug user ne[...]
