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Substance Use Related Research Articles

A 1980 Letter on the Risk of Opioid Addiction

A Day in the Life of a Classic Opioid Abuser

A parenting education program for women in treatment for opioid use disorder at an outpatient medical practice

Abuse Deterrent Opioid Formulations - Putting the Potential Benefits into Perspective

Abuse of Medications that are Theoretically Without Abuse Potential

Addressing the Opioid Epidemic - Opportunities in the Postmarketing Setting

Advancing Therapeutic Development for Pain and Opioid Use Disorders Through Public-Private Partnerships Proceedings of a Workshop

As overdoses become a leading cause of death, police, sheriffs, and health agencies must step up their response

ASAM corrections panel 2017

At the Expense of a Life Race, Class, and the Meaning of Buprenorphine in Pharmaceuticalized Care

Being Explicit About Decisions- Prescribe Medications for Opioid Use Disorder

Benefits and harms of Plant Based cannabis for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Blanket Waiver of Electronic Prescribing Requirements

Breastfeeding and Methadone Therapy The Maternal Experience

Buprenorphine Access Initiative

Buprenorphine Deregulation and Mainstreaming

Buprenorphine for the Treatment of the Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome

Calculating the Real Costs of the Opioid Crisis

Can Primary Care Practices Help Address the Health Crisis Fueled by Prescription Opioids

Cannabis for Pain and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Carfentanil HAN alert FINAL 5.15.17

Changes in Synthetic Opiod Involvement in Drug Overdose Deaths in the United States 2010-2016

Changing dynamics of the drug overdose epidemic in the United States from 1979 through 2016

Characteristics of Fentanyl Overdose — Massachusetts, 2014–2016

Characterizing fentanyl related overdoses and implications for overdose response Findings from a rapid ethnographic study in Vancouver Canada

Chronic Substance Use and Cognitive Effects on the Brain An Introduction

Climate Change - A Health Emergency

Combined Gabapentinoid and Opioid Use The Consequences of Shifting Prescribing Trends

Comparative effectiveness of extended-release naltrexone versus buprenorphine-naloxone for opioid relapse prevention (XBOT) a multicentre, open-label, randomized controlled trial

Corrected US opioid-involved drug poisoning deaths and mortality rates 1999–2015

Corrections-Based Responses to the Opioid Epidemic

Cost-Effectiveness of Buprenorphine-Naloxone Versus Extended-Release Naltrexone

Cost-Effectiveness of Publicly Funded Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder in California

Cotton Fever - Does the Patient Know Best

Coupling Policymaking with Evaluation - The Case of the Opioid Crisis

Deaths in Colorado Attributed to Kratom

Deaths Involving Fentanyl, Fentanyl Analogs, and U-47700 — 10 States, July–December 2016

Descriptive Epidemiology for Community-wide Naloxone Administration by Police Officers and Firefighters Responding to Opioid Overdose

Does exposure to opioid substitution treatment in prison reduce the risk of death after release A national prospective observational study in England

Effect of a Single Dose of Oral Opioid and Nonopioid Analgesics on Acute Extremity Pain in the ED

Effect of Opioid vs Nonopioid Medications on Pain-Related Function in Patients With Chronic Back Pain or Hip or Knee Osteoarthritis Pain The SPACE Randomized Clinical Trial

Estimating Prevalence of Hepatitis C Virus Infection in the United States 2013-2016

Expanding access to sterile syringes through pharmacies Assessment of New York's Expanded Syringe Access Program 

Extended-release naltrexone for opioid use disorder started during or following incarceration

Extended-release naltrexone good but not a panacea

Factors associated with prescription opioid misuse in adults aged 50 or older

Fatal and non-fatal opioid overdose in opioid dependent patients treated with methadone, buprenorphine or implant naltrexone

Feasibility of Providing Interventions for Injection Drug Users in Pharmacy Settings A Case Study Among San Francisco Pharmacists

Fentanyl in the US heroin supply A rapidly changing risk environment

Fentanyl Safety Recommendations for First Responders

Final STANDARD size of Fentanyl Safety Recommendations for First Responders

First injection for opioid use disorder

First, Do No Harm Marshaling Clinician Leadership to Counter the Opioid Epidemic

Geospatial Clustering of Opioid-Related Emergency Medical Services Runs for Public Deployment of Naloxone

Harm reduction principles for healthcare settings

Health and Public Policy to Facilitate Effective Prevention and Treatment of Substance Use Disorders Involving Illicit and Prescription Drugs

Hepatisis C in Injection-Drug Users - A Hidden Danger of the Opioid Epidemic

Hydromorphone Compared With Diacetylmorphine for Long-term Opioid Dependence A Randomized Clinical Trial

I have it just in case - Naloxone access and changes in opioid use behaviours

Implementing a team-based SBIRT model in primary care clinics

Implementing Opioid Agonist Treatment in Correctional Facilities

Incidence and Costs of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Among Infants With Medicaid 2004-2014

Incidence of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome

Increased use of heroin as an initiating opioid of abuse

Injecting Drugs Can Ruin a Heart How Many Second Chances Should a User Get 

Joint public correctional policy on the treatment of opioid use disorders for justice involved individuals 2018

Medication Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder Proceedings of a Workshop in Brief

Medication for Opioid Use Disorder After Nonfatal Opioid Overdose and Association With Mortality

Medication-Assisted Therapy for Opioid-Dependent Incarcerated Populations in New Mexico Statewide Efforts to Increase Access

Medications for opioid use disorder bridging the gap in care

Medications for Opioid Use Disorder TIP 63 TREATMENT IMPROVEMENT PROTOCOL For Healthcare and Addiction Professionals, Policymakers, Patients, and Families

Methadone and buprenorphine prescribing and referral practices in US prison systems Results from a Nationwide Survey

Methadone versus buprenorphine for opioid use dependence and risk of neonatal abstinence syndrome

Methadone, buprenorphine and preferences for opioid agonist treatment A qualitative analysis

Naloxone Administration Frequency During Emergency Medical Service Events — United States, 2012–2016

National Survey on Drug Use and Health

Neonatal abstinence syndrome rate per 1,000

New Persistent Opioid Use After Minor and Major Surgical Procedures in US Adults

New Strategies Are Needed to Stop Overdose Fatalities - The Case For Supervised Injection Facilities

New Wave Of Complex Street Drugs Puzzles Emergency Doctors

New York State - County Opioid Quarterly Report Published April 2018

New York State - County Opioid Quarterly Report Published January 2018

New York State - County Opioid Quarterly Report Published July 2018

Ohio Perinatal Quality Collaborative Improves Care of Neonatal Narcotic Abstinence Syndrome

On Being a Doctor - The Box

Only One In Twenty Justice-Referred Adults In Specialty Treatment For Opioid Use Receive Methadone Or Buprenorphine

Opioid Drug Use and Acute Cardiac Events among Pregnant Women in the United States

Opioid prescribing decreases after learning of a patient’s fatal overdose

Opioid recovery initiation Pilot test of a peer outreach and modified recovery management checkup intervention for out-of treatment opioid users

Opioid Use Disorder Documented at Delivery Hospitalization United States 1999-2014

Opioid Users Are Filling Jails. Why Don’t Jails Treat Them?

Opioid vs Nonopioid Acute Pain Management in the ED

Opioid-Related Critical Care Resource Use in US Children's Hospitals

Opportunities to Prevent Overdose Deaths Involving Prescription and Illicit Opioids, 11 States, July 2016–June 2017

Origins of an Epidemic: Purdue Pharma Knew Its Opioids Were Widely Abused

Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution Program Attendees Who Attends What Do They Know and How Do They Feel

Overdose Prevention Through Medical Treatment of Opioid Use Disorders

Parenting and Concerns of Pregnant Women in Buprenorphine Treatment

Patterns of Potential Opioid Misuse and Subsequent Adverse Outcomes in Medicare 2008-2012

Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of a buprenorphine subcutaneous depot formulation (CAM2038) for once-weekly dosing in patients with opioid use disorder

Plan to End Methadone Use at Albuquerque Jail Prompts Alarm

Position Statement - Substance Use Disorder Treatment for Adults and Adolescents

Predictors of induction onto extended-release naltrexone among unemployed heroin-dependent adults

Pregabalin and the Risk for Opioid Related Death A Nested

Pregnancy and Opioids - What families need to know about opioid misuse and treatment during pregnancy

Prescription Opioid Use Among U.S. Adults Our Brave New World

Prescription Opioid Use, Misuse, and Use Disorders in U.S. Adults 2015 National Survey on Drug Use and Health

Primary Care and the Opioid-Overdose Crisis — Buprenorphine Myths and Realities

Primary Care Based Models for the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder

Psychosocial interventions in opiate substitution treatment services does the evidence provide a case for optimism or nihilism

Public Health Approaches to Address the Opioid Epidemic Cross-sector Collaboration in Maternal and Child Health

Public sector low threshold office‑based buprenorphine treatment outcomes at year 7

Rate of patients at elevated risk of opioid overdose visiting the emergency department

Reframing the Opioid Epidemic as a National Emergency

Report to Albany on the LEAD program April 1, 2016 – March 31, 2017

Review of Case Narratives from Fatal Overdoses Associated with Injectable Naltrexone for Opioid Dependence

State, Local Opioid Projects At Risk During Shutdown

Strategies for Reducing Opioid-Overdose Deaths - Lessons from Canada

Substance Use Among American Indian Youths on Reservations Compared With a National Sample of US Adolescents

Substance-Use Disorders in Later Life

Targeting an Epidemic Opioid Prescribing Patterns by County in New York State

The Burden of Opioid-Related Mortality in the United States

The Capital of America's Deadliest Drug Problem Politics & Power 

The Economic Burden of Prescription Opioid Overdose, Abuse, and Dependence in the United States, 2013

The Effects of Cannabis Among Adults With Chronic Pain and Overview of General Harms

The Imperative for Climate Action to Protect Health

The NCSBN National Nursing Guidelines for Medical Marijuana

The Neurobiology of Opioid Addiction and the Potential for Prevention Strategies

The Opioid Epidemic Implications for MCH Populations

The Other Victims of the Opioid Epidemic

The Per Capita Cost of the Opioid Crisis

The Role of Science in Addressing the Opioid Crisis

The role of screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment in the perinatal period

The Structural Violence of Hyperincarceration - A 44-Year-Old Man with Back Pain

The SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act

The use of cannabis in response to the opioid crisis - A review of the literature

Toward Better Stewardship – Gaining Control Over Substances

Treating Opioid Addiction in Criminal Justice Settings

Trends in U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths in Non-Hispanic Black, Hispanic, and Non-Hispanic White Persons 2000-2015

What is treatment for opioid addiction in problem-solving courts A study of 20 Indiana drug and veterans courts

When Should a Child Be Taken from His Parents

When Time Behind Bars Cuts Addiction Treatment Short

Why Your doctors Computer is so Clunky

Women and Addiction The Importance of Gender Issues in Substance Abuse Research  

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