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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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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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