Hepatitis C burden falls sharply among French drug users as antivirals scale up
A 20-year French surveillance study found that active hepatitis C infection among people who use drugs fell by half between ...
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Police Drug Seizures Rose, Not Fell, During Vancouver’s First Year of Decriminalization, Study Finds
A Simon Fraser University study found that reports of police drug seizures without arrest rose during the first year of ...
City Sweeps That Seize Belongings May Trap People in Homelessness, Vancouver Study Finds
A prospective cohort study in Vancouver finds that municipal encampment sweeps involving confiscation of belongings and forced displacement are strongly ...
Holding Hope: Rethinking Care for Longstanding Eating Disorders
A lived experience commentary in the Journal of Eating Disorders challenges 'treatment-resistant' and 'terminal' labels and proposes a five-principle recovery-fostering ...
BC Drug Decriminalization Cut Possession Encounters by 39% but Left Overdose Deaths Unchanged
A five-year population-level time-series analysis found that British Columbia's decriminalization of small-amount drug possession sharply reduced police encounters without measurably ...
AI Caregiving May Beat Human Care for Those Who Have No One Else
A new AI & Society paper argues that for people excluded from adequate human care, AI caregiving offers genuine advantages ...
Housing First Beats Treatment-First Models for Homeless Adults, Major Review Finds
A rapid review of 57 studies finds Housing First programs consistently outperform treatment-first models in keeping homeless adults with substance ...
Most U.S. Pharmacists Back Methadone in Pharmacies, but Barriers Loom Large, Nationwide Survey Finds
A nationwide survey of 585 U.S. pharmacists finds majority confidence in partnering with opioid treatment programs to dispense methadone, despite ...
A 1967 LSD Safety Manual Wins Over Modern Psychedelic Users, Survey Finds
A survey of nearly 600 psychedelic users found they agreed with 18 of 19 safety recommendations from Lisa Bieberman's little-known ...
IV Opioids in the Hospital: A Controversial Lifeline for Patients in Fentanyl Withdrawal
A new viewpoint in the Journal of General Internal Medicine argues that intravenous opioids should be recognized as a legitimate, ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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