HIV testing and its associated factors among street-based female sex workers in Iran: results of a national rapid assessment and response survey
This study aimed to examine HIV testing prevalence and its ass... (Source: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy)
Source: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy - May 17, 2021 Category: Addiction Authors: Sina Ahmadi, Mehrdad Khezri, Payam Roshanfekr, Salah Eddin Karimi, Meroe Vameghi, Delaram Ali, Elahe Ahounbar, Mehdi Noroozi and Mostafa Shokoohi Tags: Research Source Type: research

Non-financial barriers in oral health care: a qualitative study of patients receiving opioid maintenance treatment and professionals ’ experiences
People with substance use disorders often have poor oral health, which can negatively impact their quality of life. Since 2005, patients receiving opioid maintenance treatment (OMT) in Norway have been eligibl... (Source: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy)
Source: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy - May 17, 2021 Category: Addiction Authors: Siv-Elin Leirvaag Carlsen, Katja Isaksen, Lars Thore Fadnes, Ole J ørgen Scheie Lygren and Anne Nordrehaug Åstrøm Tags: Research Source Type: research

Strategies to promote the implementation of Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) in healthcare settings: a scoping review
Screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT), is an approach for the prevention and treatment of substance use disorders, but is often underutilized in healthcare settings. Although the imp... (Source: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy)
Source: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy - May 11, 2021 Category: Addiction Authors: Kelli Thoele, Laura Moffat, Stephanie Konicek, Monika Lam-Chi, Erica Newkirk, Janet Fulton and Robin Newhouse Tags: Review Source Type: research

The “black box” of treatment: Patients’ perspective on what works in opioid maintenance treatment for opioid dependence
This study had a two... (Source: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy)
Source: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy - May 10, 2021 Category: Addiction Authors: Teresa C. Silva and Fredrik B. Andersson Tags: Research Source Type: research

Resilience and related factors as predictors of relapse risk in patients with substance use disorder: a cross-sectional study
This study ’s objective was... (Source: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy)
Source: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy - May 4, 2021 Category: Addiction Authors: Ayako Yamashita, Shin-ichi Yoshioka and Yuki Yajima Tags: Research Source Type: research

Subjective symptoms and serum methadone concentrations: what should guide dose adjustments in methadone maintenance treatment? A naturalistic cohort study from Norway
This study aims to investigate whether self-p... (Source: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy)
Source: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy - May 3, 2021 Category: Addiction Authors: Fatemeh Chalabianloo, Lars Thore Fadnes, Gudrun H øiseth, Christian Ohldieck, Jørn Henrik Vold, Christer Aas, Else-Marie Løberg, Kjell Arne Johansson and Jørgen G. Bramness Tags: Research Source Type: research

Qualitative assessment of patients ’ perspectives and needs from community pharmacists in substance use disorder management
Non-medical use of psychoactive substances is a common harmful behavior that leads to the development of Substance Use Disorders (SUDs). SUD is a significant health concern that causes adverse health consequen... (Source: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy)
Source: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy - May 1, 2021 Category: Addiction Authors: Sarah Fatani, Daniel Bakke, Marcel D ’Eon and Anas El-Aneed Tags: Research Source Type: research

Cyber-ethnography of cannabis marketing on social media
Since 2012, several states have legalized non-medical cannabis, and cannabis businesses have used social media as a primary form of marketing. There are concerns that social media cannabis exposure may reach u... (Source: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy)
Source: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy - April 26, 2021 Category: Addiction Authors: Marina C. Jenkins, Lauren Kelly, Kole Binger and Megan A. Moreno Tags: Research Source Type: research

Use of alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, and other substances during the first wave of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in Europe: a survey on 36,000 European substance users
The objective of this study was to describe possible changes in... (Source: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy)
Source: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy - April 26, 2021 Category: Addiction Authors: Jakob Manthey, Carolin Kilian, Sinclair Carr, Miroslav Bartak, Kim Bloomfield, Fleur Braddick, Antoni Gual, Maria Neufeld, Amy O ’Donnell, Benjamin Petruzelka, Vladimir Rogalewicz, Ingeborg Rossow, Bernd Schulte and Jürgen Rehm Tags: Research Source Type: research

Drug dealing and drug use prevention – a qualitative interview study of authorities’ perspectives on two open drug scenes in Stockholm
The use of illicit substances causes various health and social problems globally. Moreover, open drug use and dealing in urban areas, i.e., open drug scenes, can cause public order problems, lead to the recrui... (Source: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy)
Source: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy - April 26, 2021 Category: Addiction Authors: Kristin Feltmann, Johanna Gripenberg, Anna K. Strandberg, Tobias H. Elg án and Pia Kvillemo Tags: Research Source Type: research

Cannabis use in patients treated for opioid use disorder pre- and post-recreational cannabis legalization in Canada
As the legalization of recreational cannabis becomes more widespread, its impact on individuals with substance use disorders must be studied. Amidst an ongoing opioid crisis, Canada ’s legalization of recreatio... (Source: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy)
Source: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy - April 13, 2021 Category: Addiction Authors: Tea Rosic, Nitika Sanger, Balpreet Panesar, Gary Foster, David C. Marsh, Launette Rieb, Lehana Thabane, Andrew Worster and Zainab Samaan Tags: Research Source Type: research

Mandatory treatment for methamphetamine use in Australia
In 2016, following a flurry of government inquiries and taskforces including calls for mandatory treatment regimes, the Australian community nominated methamphetamine as the drug most likely to be associated a... (Source: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy)
Source: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy - April 9, 2021 Category: Addiction Authors: Mathew Coleman, Kelly Ridley and Michael Christmass Tags: Review Source Type: research

Harmonizing healthcare and other resource measures for evaluating economic costs in substance use disorder research
Standardization and harmonization of healthcare resource utilization data can improve evaluations of the economic impact of treating people with substance use disorder (SUD), including reductions in use of exp... (Source: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy)
Source: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy - April 8, 2021 Category: Addiction Authors: Michelle A. Papp, Jared A. Leff, Sean M. Murphy, April Yang, Heidi M. Crane, Lisa R. Metsch, Carlos Del Rio, Daniel J. Feaster, Josiah D. Rich, Bruce R. Schackman and Kathryn E. McCollister Tags: Research Source Type: research

Relationships between consumption patterns, health beliefs, and subjective wellbeing in Chinese Baijiu consumers
Alcohol consumption in China has increased rapidly, and there have been calls for policies and programs to address the issue. Alcohol plays a complex and important role in Chinese culture, where it is consider... (Source: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy)
Source: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy - April 7, 2021 Category: Addiction Authors: Debra Ann Metcalf, Anthony Saliba, Kirsty McKenzie and Appy Gao Tags: Research Source Type: research

Assessing the impact of Indiana legislation on opioid-based doctor shopping among Medicaid-enrolled pregnant women: a regression analysis
This study seeks to determine the asso... (Source: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy)
Source: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy - April 6, 2021 Category: Addiction Authors: Sukhada S. Joshi, Nicole Adams, Yuehwern Yih and Paul M. Griffin Tags: Research Source Type: research