Drug spend and acquisitive offending by substance misusers

K. P. HAYHURST ; A. JONES ; T. MILLAR ; M. PIERCE ; L. DAVIES ; S. WESTON ; M. DONMALL | 2013
Dans Drug and Alcohol Dependence (Vol.130, n°1-3, June 2013) Article : Périodique

Aim: The need to generate income to fund drug misuse is assumed to be a driver of involvement in acquisitive crime. We examined the influence of drug misuse expenditure, and other factors, on acquisitive offending. Methods: Clients (N = 1380) [...]

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Estimating the prevalence of problem drug use from drug-related mortality data

H. E. JONES ; R. J. HARRIS ; B. C. DOWNING ; M. PIERCE ; T. MILLAR ; A. E. ADES ; N. J. WELTON ; A. M. PRESANIS ; D. DE ANGELIS ; M. HICKMAN | 2020
Dans Addiction (Vol.115, n°12, December 2020) Article : Périodique

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Indirect estimation methods are required for estimating the size of populations where only a proportion of individuals are observed directly, such as problem drug users (PDUs). Capture-recapture and multiplier methods are wi[...]

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Is Europe facing an opioid crisis like the United States? An analysis of opioid use and related adverse effects in 19 European countries between 2010 and 2018

M. PIERCE ; J. VAN AMSTERDAM ; G. A. KALKMAN ; A. SCHELLEKENS ; W. VAN DEN BRINK | 2021
Dans European Psychiatry (Vol.64, n°1, June 2021) Article : Périodique

BACKGROUND: Given the ongoing opioid crisis in the United States (US), we investigated the opioid situation in Europe. The aims of the study are to provide an overview of trends in prescription opioid (PO) use and opioid-related adversities betw[...]

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Monitoring opioids in Europe: The need for shared definitions and measuring drivers of opioid use and related harms

G. A. KALKMAN ; W. VAN DEN BRINK ; M. PIERCE ; F. ATSMA ; K. C. P. VISSERS ; H. J. SCHERS ; R. T. M. VAN DONGEN ; C. KRAMERS ; A. F. A. SCHELLEKENS | 2022
Dans European Addiction Research (Vol.28, n°3, May 2022) Article : Périodique

The past 20 years, the USA is facing a serious opioid crisis initiated by an increase in prescription opioid use. Europe has also seen an increase in prescription opioid use, but the extent of related harm is still largely unknown. Given the imp[...]

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Pathways through opiate use and offending: A systematic review

K. P. HAYHURST ; M. PIERCE ; M. HICKMAN ; T. SEDDON ; G. DUNN ; J. KEANE ; T. MILLAR | 2017
Dans International Journal of Drug Policy (Vol.39, January 2017) Article : Périodique

Background: Although evidence points to a strong link between illicit drug use and crime, robust evidence for temporal order in the relationship is scant. We carried out a systematic review to assess the evidence for pathways through opiate/crac[...]

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Problem drug use prevalence estimation revisited: heterogeneity in capture-recapture and the role of external evidence

H. E. JONES ; N. J. WELTON ; A. E. ADES ; M. PIERCE ; W. DAVIES ; B. COLEMAN ; T. MILLAR ; M. HICKMAN | 2016
Dans Addiction (Vol.111, n°3, March 2016) Article : Périodique

Background and Aims: Capture-recapture (CRC) analysis is recommended for estimating the prevalence of problem drug use or people who inject drugs (PWID). We aim to demonstrate how naive application of CRC can lead to highly misleading results, a[...]

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