The epidemiology of benzodiazepine misuse: a systematic review

VR Votaw, R Geyer, MM Rieselbach… - Drug and alcohol …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Benzodiazepine misuse is a growing public health problem, with increases in
benzodiazepine-related overdose deaths and emergency room visits in recent years …

Incidence of HIV and hepatitis C virus among people who inject drugs, and associations with age and sex or gender: a global systematic review and meta-analysis

A Artenie, J Stone, H Fraser, D Stewart… - The lancet …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Measuring the incidence of HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among
people who inject drugs (PWID) is key to track progress towards elimination. We aimed to …

Motivations, substance use and other correlates amongst property and violent offenders who regularly inject drugs

R Sutherland, N Sindicich, E Barrett, E Whittaker… - Addictive …, 2015 - Elsevier
Objective To examine the prevalence, correlates and motivations for the commission of
property and violent crime amongst a sample of people who inject drugs (PWID). Method …

The Prison and Transition Health (PATH) cohort study: Prevalence of health, social, and crime characteristics after release from prison for men reporting a history of …

AC Stewart, RD Cossar, AL Wilkinson, B Quinn… - Drug and Alcohol …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background People who inject drugs are overrepresented in prison and have diverse and
complex health needs. However, outcomes after release from prison are poorly understood …

[HTML][HTML] Quantifying crime associated with drug use among a large cohort of sanctioned offenders in England and Wales

M Pierce, K Hayhurst, SM Bird, M Hickman… - Drug and alcohol …, 2015 - Elsevier
Aim To assess the relationship between testing positive for opiates and/or cocaine and prior
offending. Methods 139,925 persons (107,573 men) identified from a saliva test for opiate …

Patterns of polysubstance use among adults with tranquilizer misuse

VR Votaw, RK McHugh, KE Vowles… - Substance use & …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Background: The misuse of benzodiazepine tranquilizers is prevalent and is associated with
increased risk of overdose when combined with other substances. Yet, little is known about …

Drug testing and community supervision outcomes

WD Hicks, JE Holcomb… - Criminal Justice …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
The requirement to submit to drug testing is either a standard or special condition of adult
community correctional supervision in most jurisdictions. Positive drug test results are one of …

Polysubstance use patterns among high dose benzodiazepine users: a latent class analysis and differences between male and female use

L Zamboni, I Portoghese, A Congiu, T Zandonai… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Benzodiazepines (BZDs) represent one of the most widely used groups of pharmaceuticals,
but if used for long periods of time they are associated with dependence and an increased …

Factors associated with victimization in dual diagnosis patients

MM de Waal, C Christ, JJM Dekker, MJ Kikkert… - Journal of substance …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Patients with a substance use disorder and co-occurring mental disorder are
prone to victimization. There is a lack of research identifying variables related to violent and …

The link between dangerous driving and other criminal behaviour: a scoping review

L Bates, M Alexander, J Webster - Safer communities, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose This paper aims to explore the link between dangerous driving and other criminal
behaviour. Design/methodology/approach Arksey and O'Malley's (2005) five-step process …