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Article : Périodique
S. G. MARS ; P. BOURGOIS ; G. KARANDINOS ; F. MONTERO ; D. CICCARONE |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[...]Article : Périodique
S. G. MARS ; J. N. FESSEL ; P. BOURGOIS ; F. MONTERO ; G. KARANDINOS ; D. CICCARONE |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[...]Article : Périodique
Heroin uncertainties: Exploring users' perceptions of fentanyl-adulterated and -substituted 'heroin'
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 [...]NouveautéArticle : 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[...]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[...]Article : Périodique
S. G. MARS ; P. BOURGOIS ; G. KARANDINOS ; F. MONTERO ; D. CICCARONE |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[...]