New Psychoactive Substances: Major Groups, Laboratory Testing Challenges, Public Health Concerns, and Community‐Based Solutions

CG Awuchi, MP Aja, NB Mitaki, S Morya… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Across communities worldwide, various new psychoactive substances (NPSs) continue to
emerge, which worsens the challenges to global mental health, drug rules, and public health …

[HTML][HTML] Intoxicaciones por drogas de abuso: características diferenciales en población VIH

A Losada, AS Caparrós, GV Sánchez… - … : Revista de la …, 2023 - dialnet.unirioja.es
Objetivo. La población VIH, consumidora de drogas de abuso (DA), tiene mayor
morbimortalidad en relación con los no consumidores y no VIH. Se investiga si existen …

Using ADAPT‐ITT framework to tailor evidence‐based interventions for addressing methamphetamine use among methadone patients in Vietnam

LM Giang, NT Trang, DT Thuy… - Drug and Alcohol …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Methamphetamine use threatens positive treatment outcomes in substance use
and HIV, for people with opioid use disorders (POUD) in many countries. This paper …

Substance use among methadone patients in Vietnam: a systematic review

T Tran, KK Rigg - Journal of Substance Use, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Background Despite the increasing popularity of methadone maintenance treatment (MMT)
in Vietnam, little is known regarding the substance use patterns of Vietnamese MMT …

The rising threat of illicit amphetamine-type stimulant use among methadone maintenance treatment patients in East Coast Malaysia: a retrospective observational …

H Ismail, H Ahmad, A Sanef… - The American Journal …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Background: In recent years, amphetamine-type-stimulants (ATS) have been extensively
misused in South-East Asia, inducing major problems among methadone-maintenance …

Community harm reduction initiatives: essential investments for illicit drug prevention and control in the future

MTN Tran, QH Luong - The Lancet Regional Health–Western Pacific, 2022 - thelancet.com
Harm reduction is an approach that reduces the negative consequences of health
behaviours without necessarily eliminating them. It is generally accepted that the first harm …

Quality of life profile of methadone maintenance treatment patients in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

NT Le, TT Vu, TTV Vu, QL Khuong… - Journal of Substance …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Aim To determine the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of methadone maintenance
treatment patients in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Subject and Methods A cross-sectional …

Upotreba psihoaktivnih supstanci u regionalnom metadonskom centru u Srbiji

T Popović, A Dickov, V Knežević, SI Kovačević… - Zdravstvena …, 2024 - aseestant.ceon.rs
Sažetak Uvod: Pacijenti na metadonskoj supstitucionoj terapiji (MST) često upotrebljavaju
psihoaktivne supstance (nikotin, alkohol, kanabis, kokain, amfetamin i slične stimulanse …

[PDF][PDF] Patients with drug-abuse poisoning with and without HIV infection: differential characteristics

A Losada, A Supervía, G Vallecillo, C Petrus… - …, 2023 - revistaemergencias.org
Objective. Persons with HIV infection who use illicit drugs have higher morbidity and
mortality rates than nonusers with or without HIV infection. The objetive were to detect …

Drug Harm Reduction in Vietnam: A Review of Stakeholders' Perspectives and Implications for Future Interventions

TT Nguyen, MTN Tran, GM Le… - American Journal of …, 2022 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. To determine how harm reduction should be applied in low-resource countries
such as Vietnam by exploring the perspectives of people who use drugs (PWUD), health …