Aims To provide an overview of research literature on ageing and older people who use
illicit opioids and stimulants by documenting the conceptual frameworks used and content …

Dual diagnosis is associated with frequent relapse, poor treatment engagement and overall
unsatisfactory treatment outcomes. A comprehensive review of the contemporary literature …

Though not strictly or prohibitively the case, the shared sensibilities that feminist and queer
perspectives have in common with qualitative epistemologies often mean that they go hand …

Background Opioid overdoses are primarily discussed by the pharmacological properties of
the drugs used. Research shows that other factors such as the social/physical environment …

Background Studies report that among people who inject drugs (PWID), approximately 1 in 7
initiated injection during their thirties or later (referred to hereafter as “late initiates”) …

Over the last five decades, social science researchers have examined how the public
perceives the risks associated with a variety of environmental health and safety (EHS) …

This manuscript offers an overview of 11 disciplinary perspectives on the failed and
destructive War on Drugs and the salutary prospects from decriminalizing drug use …

This 3-year study examined associations among drug use stigma, life stage, treatment
utilization and health among 710 US adults using stimulants. Consistent with substance use …

Hidden older illegal drug users are a seldom researched group; most research on illegal
drug users instead focusses on the young or the institutionalised. To counter this trend, this …

We propose that female methamphetamine users who live in suburbia experience risks for
disease transmission stemming from their social environment that remain under the radar of …