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The share of U.S. drug overdose deaths caused by fake prescription pills is growing
The share of overdose deaths involving counterfeit pills doubled between 2019 and 2021, according to the CDC. Victims were often younger, Hispanic and had misused prescription drugs in the past.(Image credit: AP)
Source: NPR Health and Science - September 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Joe Hernandez Source Type: news

E. Jean Carroll scores another victory after winning a sex abuse and defamation lawsuit against Trump
Four months after a civil trial jury found that Donald Trump sexually abused and defamed advice columnist E. Jean Carroll, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday that still more of the ex-president’s comments about her were libelous. The decision means that an upcoming second trial will concern only…#donaldtrump #ejeancarroll #trump #carroll #lewiskaplan #robertakaplan #alinahabba #iowa #democrat #stormydaniels
Source: Reuters: Health - September 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Overdose Deaths Involving Counterfeit Pills Increasing in U.S.
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 6, 2023 -- There has been an increase in the percentage of drug overdose deaths with evidence of counterfeit pill use in the United States, according to a study published in the Sept. 1 issue of the Centers for Disease Control and...
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - September 6, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

The journey through sex trafficking, motherhood, and building resilience: a qualitative study among women living in Kamathipura red-light area - Espa ña M, Karandikar S, McCloskey RJ, Reno R.
Within the red-light area of Kamathipura in Mumbai, India, the majority of female sex workers (FSWs) arrive as victims of sex trafficking. Many of these FSWs are mothers who must care for their children amongst multiple challenges including those associate...
Source: SafetyLit - September 6, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Examining risk for sexual assault among bisexuals - M énard KS, Teasdale B, Bradley MS, Outlaw M.
The current study examines rates of victimization by sexual orientation disaggregated by sex (female  = 7,972; male = 6,985) using the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health data (wave IV). RESULTS from design-adjusted log...
Source: SafetyLit - September 6, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news

A pilot study comparing sex trafficking indicators exhibited by adult and minor service populations - Nichols AJ, Cox A.
Indicators of sex trafficking are widely disseminated by organizations in the criminal justice, social service, healthcare, and community sectors. Drawing from a larger pilot study examining survey responses of providers working with sex trafficking surviv...
Source: SafetyLit - September 6, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news

Isolation and support dynamics among women in a pimp-based commercial sex ring - Unger LD, Doychak K, Raghavan C.
Women involved in commercial sex rings are often isolated, with only each other as their primary social supports. Such relationships are marked by competition and distrust, promoting women's belief that only the trafficker can be trusted. In a novel longit...
Source: SafetyLit - September 6, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news

Labor Trafficking in Missouri: revelations from a statewide needs assessment - Preble K, Nichols A, Cox A.
Knowledge about labor trafficking (LT) lags behind extant understanding about sex trafficking due to the ability of LT to exist within legal frameworks, and it impacts some of the most oppressed and marginalized groups of people within our society. While t...
Source: SafetyLit - September 6, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news

Laypeople's knowledge and misconceptions of sex trafficking influenced by training formats - Miller QC, Todorovic K, Perez CO, Capparelli AL, London K.
Despite the global epidemic of sex trafficking, laypeople and professionals possess little knowledge about trafficking. Lack of awareness engenders failed victim identification, victim-blaming attitudes, re-victimization, and dissipated justice system reso...
Source: SafetyLit - September 6, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news

Call to freedom: a promising approach to supporting recovery among survivors of sex trafficking - Edwards KM, Siller L, Cerny S, Klinger J, Broin M, Wheeler LA, Baugh L.
Researchers and practitioners have expressed an urgency to identify effective strategies for treating the complex needs of sex trafficking survivors. However, to date, we know very little about what types of services are most effective in promoting recover...
Source: SafetyLit - September 6, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Social network analysis of a Latino sex trafficking enterprise - Sabon L, Yang S, Zhang Q.
Despite the literature on the existence of networks in sex trafficking operations, few studies exist using social network analysis to analyze the crime. To help fill this gap, this study focuses on a criminal case of Latino immigrant sex trafficking. Highl...
Source: SafetyLit - September 6, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news

LGBTQ+ homeless young adults and sex trafficking vulnerability - Hogan KA, Roe-Sepowitz D.
The sexual exploitation of LGBTQ+ young adults and how to best serve this population is an emerging field of knowledge. In July 2015, a cross-sectional purposeful sampling design was used to recruit 215 homeless young adults (ages 18-25) from greater Phoen...
Source: SafetyLit - September 6, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Mental health experiences of sex trafficking victims in western countries: a qualitative study - Chu K, Billings J.
In recent years, human trafficking has received increasing public awareness and media attention, and sex trafficking in particular has become a prevailing human rights issue on a global scale. Despite growing scientific literature in the field, there remai...
Source: SafetyLit - September 6, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Who's to blame in the sex trafficking of women: situational and individual factors that define a "deserving victim" - Digidiki V, Baka A.
Public opinion frequently assigns some degree of responsibility to victims of human trafficking for their "voluntary" engagement in the phenomenon, thus denying the existence of "innocent victims" and attributing blame to them for not preventing their vict...
Source: SafetyLit - September 6, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news

Sexual assault proclivity and sexual aggression in college men: associations with psychopathic traits and sex drive - Brazil KJ, Roy S, Bubeleva KV, Neumann CS.
Background Conceptual models of sexual violence against women suggest that psychopathic traits and aspects of hypersexuality are important risk factors in a variety of populations. In college samples, studies have yet to examine (1) whether sex drive as a...
Source: SafetyLit - September 6, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news