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'Horse trading': prescribing injectable opiates to opiate addicts. A descriptive study.

scientific article published on January 1992

A mapping review of take-home naloxone for people released from correctional settings.

scientific article published on 30 May 2017

A programme of methadone maintenance plus moderate counselling services was cost effective

A prospective, randomized, multicenter acceptability and safety study of direct buprenorphine/naloxone induction in heroin-dependent individuals

scientific article published on 12 October 2011

A randomised controlled trial of the clinical and cost-effectiveness of a contingency management intervention compared to treatment as usual for reduction of cannabis use and of relapse in early psychosis (CIRCLE): a study protocol for a randomised c

scientific article published on 22 October 2016

Abuse-deterrent extended-release oxycodone and risk of opioid-related harm

scientific article published on 04 January 2021

Accelerated lofexidine treatment regimen compared with conventional lofexidine and methadone treatment for in-patient opiate detoxification.

scientific article published on May 1998

Adolescent perspectives about their participation in alcohol intervention research in emergency care: A qualitative exploration using ethical principles as an analytical framework

scientific article published on 12 June 2019

Adverse effects of stimulant drugs in a community sample of drug users.

scientific article

After the randomised injectable opiate treatment trial: post-trial investigation of slow-release oral morphine as an alternative opiate maintenance medication.

scientific article published on 15 September 2011

Age of first use and ongoing patterns of legal and illegal drug use in a sample of young Londoners.

scientific article

Alcohol Consumption, Early-Onset Drinking, and Health-Related Consequences in Adolescents Presenting at Emergency Departments in England.

scientific article published on 16 January 2017

Alcohol harm reduction: corporate capture of a key concept

scientific article

Alcohol problems need more attention in patients receiving long-term opioid substitution therapy

scientific article

Alcohol: a missed opportunity. A survey of all accident and emergency departments in England.

scientific article published on August 2007

Amorphous Formulation and in Vitro Performance Testing of Instantly Disintegrating Buccal Tablets for the Emergency Delivery of Naloxone

scientific article published on 15 March 2016

An economic evaluation of contingency management for completion of hepatitis B vaccination in those on treatment for opiate dependence.

scientific article published on 18 March 2016

Are cannabis users exposed to other drug use opportunities? Investigation of high-risk drug exposure opportunities among young cannabis users in London.

scientific article published in March 2005

Are take-home naloxone programmes effective? Systematic review utilizing application of the Bradford Hill criteria

scientific article

Are the Twelve Steps more acceptable to drug users than to drinkers? A comparison of experiences of and attitudes to Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) among 200 substance misusers attending inpatient detoxification.

scientific article published in July 2001

Assessment of an urgent admission procedure to an in-patient drug dependence unit.

scientific article published on September 1982

Audit of the in-patient management of opioid withdrawal using lofexidine hydrochloride

Authors' reply

Blending qualitative and quantitative research methods to optimize patient reported outcome measures (PROMs).

scientific article published on 5 April 2015

Brief, personality-targeted coping skills interventions and survival as a non-drug user over a 2-year period during adolescence

scientific article published on January 2010

Building on feminist achievements to enhance choice for women seeking treatment

scientific article published on 6 May 2018

Building the connections between science, practice and policy: Griffith Edwards and the UK National Addiction Centre

scientific article published in July 2015

Can opiate addicts tell us about their relapse risk? Subjective predictors of clinical prognosis

scientific article published in July 1993

Can the practitioner correctly predict outcome in motivational interviewing?

scientific article

Cessation of groin injecting behaviour among patients on oral opioid substitution treatment

scientific article published on 19 October 2010

Challenges in delivering personalised support to people with multiple and complex needs: qualitative study

scientific article published on 10 December 2018

Change in alcohol and other drug use during five years of continuous opioid substitution treatment

scientific article published on 26 November 2018

Changes in Methadone Withdrawal Doses Over a Five Year Period: (1982 to 1986)

scientific article published on 01 February 1988

Changes in cigarette smoking among alcohol and drug misusers during inpatient detoxification

scientific article published in October 2000

Changes in neuropsychological functioning during alcohol detoxification.

scientific article published on 20 September 2008

Changes in route of drug administration among continuing heroin users: outcomes 1 year after intake to treatment.

scientific article published in August 2004

Changing Injecting Practices: blunting the needle habit

scientific article published on 01 March 1988

Chasing the Dragon: characteristics of heroin chasers

scientific article published on 01 October 1988

Clarification re naloxone administered to study subject versus other overdose victim in the N-ALIVE pilot randomized trial

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

Client Perceptions of Inpatient Treatment: a qualitative account with implications for service delivery

Clinical provision of improvised nasal naloxone without experimental testing and without regulatory approval: imaginative shortcut or dangerous bypass of essential safety procedures?

scientific article published on 3 February 2016

Cluster randomised trial of the effectiveness of motivational interviewing for universal prevention.

scientific article published on 13 November 2010

Commentary: decline in methadone-related deaths probably relates to increased supervision of methadone in UK.

scientific article published in December 2006

Community pharmacies and the provision of opioid substitution services for drug misusers: changes in activity and attitudes of community pharmacists across England 1995-2005.

scientific article

Comparisons of polydrug use at national and inner city levels in England: associations with demographic and socioeconomic factors

scientific article published on 15 August 2013

Compressed opiate withdrawal syndrome and naltrexone

scientific article published on January 1, 1995

Computerized tomography and neuropsychological assessment in long-term high-dose heroin addicts

scientific article published in September 1989

Confusion between the drug legalization and the drug prescribing debate

scientific article published in January 1990

Contingency Management interventions for non-prescribed drug use during treatment for opiate addiction: A systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article

Contingency management for tobacco smoking during opioid addiction treatment: a randomised pilot study

scientific article published on September 2017

Continued heroin use during methadone treatment: relationships between frequency of use and reasons reported for heroin use.

scientific article published in February 1999

Continuing drug risk behaviour: shared use of injecting paraphernalia among London heroin injectors

scientific article published in December 1997

Continuous opioid substitution treatment over five years: Heroin use trajectories and outcomes

scientific article published on 16 May 2018

Cost-effectiveness of injectable opioid treatment v. oral methadone for chronic heroin addiction

scientific article published on 12 September 2013

Could COVID expand the future of addiction research? Long‐term implications in the pandemic era

scientific article published in 2022

Cue exposure as an assessment technique in the management of a heroin addict: case report

scientific article published in October 1989

DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF 'SURE': A PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOME MEASURE (PROM) FOR RECOVERY FROM DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE.

scientific article published on 15 June 2016

DRUG USERS AND URINE TESTING

scientific article published in The Lancet

DRUG USERS, AIDS, AND THE GOVERNMENT RESPONSE

scientific article published in The Lancet

Death matters: understanding heroin/opiate overdose risk and testing potential to prevent deaths.

scientific article published on July 2015

Deterioration over time in effect of Motivational Interviewing in reducing drug consumption and related risk among young people.

scientific article published in April 2005

Development and early validation of a patient reported outcome measure to assess sleep amongst people experiencing problems with alcohol or other drugs

scientific article published on 10 January 2018

Development of Opioid Overdose Knowledge (OOKS) and Attitudes (OOAS) Scales for take-home naloxone training evaluation

scientific article

Development of a proto-typology of opiate overdose onset.

scientific article published on 20 August 2016

Development of a structured generic drug intervention model for public health purposes: a brief application of motivational interviewing with young people.

scientific article

Different forms of heroin and their relationship to cook-up techniques: data on, and explanation of, use of lemon juice and other acids

scientific article (publication date: April 2001)

Directly observed treatment for tuberculosis. Could be provided by community pharmacists supervising consumption of methadone.

scientific article published in July 1996

Do women with complex alcohol and other drug use histories want women-only residential treatment?

scientific article published on 24 January 2018

Does active referral by a doctor or 12-Step peer improve 12-Step meeting attendance? Results from a pilot randomised control trial.

scientific article

Does anyone care about names? How attendees at substance misuse services like to be addressed by health professionals.

scientific article published in January 2004

Does post-withdrawal cue exposure improve outcome in opiate addiction? A controlled trial

scientific article published in September 1993

Does prescribing for opiate addiction change after national guidelines? Methadone and buprenorphine prescribing to opiate addicts by general practitioners and hospital doctors in England, 1995-2005.

scientific article published in May 2007

Double trouble: Psychiatric comorbidity and opioid addiction-all-cause and cause-specific mortality

scientific article published on 03 January 2015

Double-blind randomised controlled trial of lofexidine versus clonidine in the treatment of heroin withdrawal

scientific article published on November 25, 1997

Drinking and smoking as concurrent predictors of illicit drug use and positive drug attitudes in adolescents.

scientific article published in November 2000

Drug Policy and the Public Good

Drug deaths in police custody: is dual diagnosis a significant factor?

scientific article published in August 2004

Drug policy and the public good: evidence for effective interventions

scientific article published on January 2012

Drug transitions: uncoupling drug and route

scientific article published in December 1999

Drug use, health and social outcomes of hard-to-treat heroin addicts receiving supervised injectable opiate treatment: secondary outcomes from the Randomized Injectable Opioid Treatment Trial (RIOTT).

scientific article published on 7 November 2014

Drug-related mortality in psychiatric patients

scientific article published on 12 August 2015

Drugs and pregnancy--outcomes of women engaged with a specialist perinatal outreach addictions service.

scientific article published in September 2008

Drugs policy will not change as long as UK government refuses to acknowledge the need for change

scientific article published on 20 June 2018

Dying for heroin: the increasing opioid-related mortality in the Republic of Ireland, 1980-1999.

scientific article

Effect of national guidelines on prescription of methadone: analysis of NHS prescription data, England 1990-2001.

scientific article

Effectiveness of treatment for opioid use disorder: A national, five-year, prospective, observational study in England

scientific article

Effects of methadone on cognition, mood and craving in detoxifying opiate addicts: a dose-response study

scientific article published in March 2001

Encouraging GP alcohol intervention: pilot study of change-orientated reflective listening (CORL).

scientific article published in March 2004

Engaging the reluctant GP in care of the opiate misuser: Pilot study of change-orientated reflective listening (CORL).

scientific article published in April 2004

Establishment of a liaison service for pregnant opiate-dependent women

scientific article published on June 1, 1992

Estimating the burden of disease attributable to injecting drug use as a risk factor for HIV, hepatitis C, and hepatitis B: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013.

scientific article published on 21 September 2016

Ethnic and gender differences in drinking and smoking among London adolescents.

scientific article published on February 2001

Evaluation of Femoral Ultrasonography as a Tool for Promoting Cessation of Groin-Injecting Behaviour

scientific article published on 21 April 2015

Excess overdose mortality immediately following transfer of patients and their care as well as after cessation of opioid substitution therapy

scientific article published on 27 November 2017

Extended-release naltrexone versus standard oral naltrexone versus placebo for opioid use disorder: the NEAT three-arm RCT

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

External data required timely response by the Trial Steering-Data Monitoring Committee for the NALoxone InVEstigation (N-ALIVE) pilot trial

scientific article published in March 2017

Factors influencing recruitment to a randomised placebo-controlled trial of oral naltrexone and extended release implant naltrexone: Qualitative study

scientific article published on 16 January 2019

Feasibility and acceptability of an intranasal diamorphine spray as an alternative to injectable diamorphine for maintenance treatment

scientific article published in January 2006

Female prostitutes in south London: use of heroin, cocaine and alcohol, and their relationship to health risk behaviours.

scientific article

Fidelity to Motivational Interviewing and subsequent cannabis cessation among adolescents

scientific article published on March 11, 2011

Functional magnetic resonance imaging of the acute effect of intravenous heroin administration on visual activation in long-term heroin addicts: results from a feasibility study

scientific article published in December 1997

Getting by with a little help from your friends: the impact of peer networks on criminality in a cohort of treatment-seeking drug users.

scientific article published in April 2003

Global opioid agonist treatment: A review of clinical practices by country

scientific article published on 14 April 2020

Global, regional, and country-level coverage of interventions to prevent and manage HIV and hepatitis C among people who inject drugs: a systematic review

scientific article published on 23 October 2017

Griffith Edwards, the Addiction Research Unit and research on the criminal justice system

scientific article published in July 2015

Groin injecting in injectable opioid treatment service users in South London

journal article; published in Addiction Research & Theory in 2009

HIV among south London heroin users in 1991.

scientific article

HIV prevention and drug treatment services for drug misusers: a national study of community pharmacists' attitudes and their involvement in service specific training

scientific article published in December 1997

Hair analysis for drugs of abuse

scientific article published in The Lancet

Hair analysis for drugs: technological break-through or ethical quagmire?

scientific article published in February 1993

Hepatitis B and C in alcohol-dependent patients admitted to a UK alcohol inpatient treatment unit.

scientific article published in September 2001

Hepatitis B vaccination for people who inject drugs--authors' reply

scientific article

Hepatitis B vaccination in prisons: a much-needed targeted universal intervention

scientific article published in February 2010

Heroin and methadone prescriptions from a London drug clinic over the first 15 years of operation (1968-1983): old records examined

scientific article published in January 2006

Heroin chasers and heroin injectors: differences observed in a community sample in London, UK.

scientific article published in January 1999

Heroin on trial: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials of diamorphine-prescribing as treatment for refractory heroin addiction†

scientific article

Heroin overdose resuscitation with naloxone: patient uses own prescribed supply to save the life of a peer.

scientific article published on 14 September 2015

Heroin prescribing in the "British System" of the mid 1990s: data from the 1995 national survey of community pharmacies in England and Wales.

scientific article

Heroin smoking by 'chasing the dragon': origins and history

scientific article published in June 1997

Heroin-assisted treatment (HAT) a decade later: a brief update on science and politics

scientific article

Heroin-induced respiratory depression and the influence of dose variation: within-subject between-session changes following dose reduction

scientific article published on 14 February 2020

Heterosexual activity of male prisoners in England and Wales.

scientific article published in April 2003

Heterosexual anal intercourse, health risks and drug use: a review with special attention to drug users.

scientific article

Heterosexual vaginal and anal intercourse amongst London heroin and cocaine users

scientific article published in March 1994

High risk of overdose death following release from prison: variations in mortality during a 15-year observation period.

scientific article published on 20 March 2017

How competent are people who use opioids at responding to overdoses? Qualitative analyses of actions and decisions taken during overdose emergencies

scientific article published on 28 December 2018

How constant is an individual's route of heroin administration? Data from treatment and non-treatment samples.

scientific article published on June 1997

How do general practitioners manage alcohol-misusing patients? Results from a national survey of GPs in England and Wales

scientific article published in September 1998

INTRAPROFESSIONAL COMPETITIVE PRESCRIBING FOR THE DRUG ADDICT

scientific article published in The Lancet

Identifying mortality risks in patients with opioid use disorder using brief screening assessment: Secondary mental health clinical records analysis

scientific article published on 06 May 2016

Illicit drugs and driving: prevalence, beliefs and accident involvement among a cohort of current out-of-treatment drug users

scientific article published on 01 February 2000

Impact of supervision of methadone consumption on deaths related to methadone overdose (1993-2008): analyses using OD4 index in England and Scotland

scientific article

Impact of training for healthcare professionals on how to manage an opioid overdose with naloxone: effective, but dissemination is challenging

scientific article published in November 2010

Implants and depot injections for treating opioid dependence: Qualitative study of people who use or have used heroin

scientific article published on 25 May 2018

Improving recruitment to pharmacological trials for illicit opioid use: Findings from a qualitative focus group study.

scientific article published on 22 January 2018

In-patient detoxification procedures, treatment retention, and post-treatment opiate use: comparison of lofexidine + naloxone, lofexidine + placebo, and methadone

scientific article published on 24 October 2006

Injectable opiate treatment--feasible but for whom, how, and to what ends?

scientific article published in April 2001

Injecting drug use via femoral vein puncture: preliminary findings of a point-of-care ultrasound service for opioid-dependent groin injectors in treatment.

scientific article

Interactions on mixing diazepam with methadone or buprenorphine in maintenance patients

scientific article published in June 2006

International patent applications for non-injectable naloxone for opioid overdose reversal: Exploratory search and retrieve analysis of the PatentScope database

scientific article published on 08 June 2017

Is an arcade-style computer game an effective medium for providing drug education to schoolchildren?

scientific article published in January 2000

Is prison tattooing a risk behaviour for HIV and other viruses? Results from a national survey of prisoners in England and Wales

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Lessons from an English opium eater: Thomas De Quincey reconsidered

scientific article published in December 1990

Letters to Addiction from Coffin et al. and Doe-Simpkins et al. re: 'For Debate' on clinical use of improvised nasal naloxone sprays: authors' response.

scientific article published on 13 July 2016

Linked randomised controlled trials of face-to-face and electronic brief intervention methods to prevent alcohol related harm in young people aged 14-17 years presenting to Emergency Departments (SIPS junior).

scientific article

Lofexidine for opiate detoxification: review of recent randomised and open controlled trials.

scientific article

Long-term safety of a weekly and monthly subcutaneous buprenorphine depot (CAM2038) in the treatment of adult out-patients with opioid use disorder

scientific article published on 03 June 2019

Looking beyond death: paying attention to other important consequences of heroin overdose

scientific article published in August 2002

Low detection rates, negative attitudes and the failure to meet the "Health of the Nation" alcohol targets: findings from a national survey of GPs in England and Wales

scientific article published in September 1998

Major disruptions of sleep during treatment of the opiate withdrawal syndrome: differences between methadone and lofexidine detoxification treatments.

scientific article published in March 2003

Measuring met and unmet need of drug misusers: integration of quantitative and qualitative data.

scientific article published in June 2000

Memory-Focused Cognitive Therapy for Cocaine Use Disorder: Theory, Procedures and Preliminary Evidence From an External Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial.

scientific article published on 2 February 2018

Memory-focused cognitive therapy for cocaine use disorder: Rationale, design and protocol for an external pilot randomised controlled trial.

scientific article published on 2 November 2017

Methadone maintenance treatment

scientific article published in the British Medical Journal

Methadone maintenance treatment in opiate dependence: a review.

scientific article published on October 1994

Methadone maintenance, QTc and torsade de pointes: Who needs an electrocardiogram and what is the prevalence of QTc prolongation?

scientific article published on 06 September 2010

Methodology for the Randomised Injecting Opioid Treatment Trial (RIOTT): evaluating injectable methadone and injectable heroin treatment versus optimised oral methadone treatment in the UK.

scientific article

Methods for delivering the UK's multi-centre prison-based naloxone-on-release pilot randomised trial (N-ALIVE): Europe's largest prison-based randomised controlled trial.

scientific article

Mobile phone ownership, usage and readiness to use by patients in drug treatment

scientific article

Multiple risks for HIV and hepatitis B infection among heroin users

scientific article published in January 1994

Naloxone without the needle - systematic review of candidate routes for non-injectable naloxone for opioid overdose reversal

scientific article published on 09 March 2016

Naloxone--does over-antagonism matter? Evidence of iatrogenic harm after emergency treatment of heroin/opioid overdose

scientific article published on 27 June 2015

Naltrexone and lofexidine combination treatment compared with conventional lofexidine treatment for in-patient opiate detoxification

scientific article published on 01 May 2000

New approved nasal naloxone welcome, but unlicensed improvised naloxone spray kits remain a concern: proper scientific study must accompany innovation

scientific article published in April 2016

Norbuprenorphine and respiratory depression: Exploratory analyses with new lyophilized buprenorphine and sublingual buprenorphine

Onset of opportunity to use cannabis and progression from opportunity to dependence: Are influences consistent across transitions?

scientific article published on 06 January 2016

Opiate detoxification under anaesthesia. No confusion and distress were intended.

scientific article

Opioid users' willingness to receive prolonged-release buprenorphine depot injections for opioid use disorder

scientific article published on 09 June 2019

Opportunistic screening for alcohol use problems in adolescents attending emergency departments: an evaluation of screening tools.

scientific article published on 26 March 2018

Outpatient versus inpatient opioid detoxification: a randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on October 30, 2010

Overdose training and take-home naloxone for opiate users: prospective cohort study of impact on knowledge and attitudes and subsequent management of overdoses.

scientific article published on October 2008

Overlap of heritable influences between cannabis use disorder, frequency of use and opportunity to use cannabis: trivariate twin modelling and implications for genetic design.

scientific article published on 13 March 2018

Pathways to abstinence: two-year follow-up data on 60 abstinent former opiate addicts who had been turned away from treatment.

scientific article

Patient views of opioid pharmacotherapy biodelivery systems: Qualitative study to assist treatment decision making

scientific article published on 23 July 2018

Patients' preferences and randomised trials

scientific article published in The Lancet

Peer overdose resuscitation: multiple intervention strategies and time to response by drug users who witness overdose.

scientific article published in September 2002

Peer-initiated overdose resuscitation: fellow drug users could be mobilised to implement resuscitation.

scientific article

Persistence of drug use during imprisonment: relationship of drug type, recency of use and severity of dependence to use of heroin, cocaine and amphetamine in prison

scientific article published in August 2006

Pharmaceutical heroin and 'chasing the dragon' From Malcolm Battersby, Michael Farrell & John Strong

scientific article published on 01 January 1990

Pharmacodynamics of diazepam co-administered with methadone or buprenorphine under high dose conditions in opioid dependent patients

scientific article

Pharmacokinetics of concentrated naloxone nasal spray for opioid overdose reversal: Phase I healthy volunteer study

scientific article published on 16 November 2017

Pharmacokinetics of concentrated naloxone nasal spray over first 30 minutes post-dosing: analysis of suitability for opioid overdose reversal

scientific article published on 21 April 2017

Pharmacological treatments for drug misuse and dependence.

scientific article

Pharmacy-based needle exchange (PBNX) schemes in south east England: a survey of service providers

scientific article published in October 2000

Phenotypic heterogeneity in study populations may significantly confound the results of genetic association studies on alcohol dependence.

scientific article published on 11 September 2015

Philosophical ruminations on measurement: methodological orientations of patient reported outcome measures (PROMS).

scientific article published in June 2015

Poor implementation of naloxone needs to be better understood in order to save lives

scientific article published on 27 February 2017

Positive reinforcement targeting abstinence in substance misuse (PRAISe): Study protocol for a Cluster RCT & process evaluation of contingency management

scientific article published on 13 June 2018

Prescription of benzodiazepines, z-drugs, and gabapentinoids and mortality risk in people receiving opioid agonist treatment: Observational study based on the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink and Office for National Statistics death records

scientific article published on 26 November 2019

Preventing blood-borne virus infection in people who inject drugs in the UK: systematic review, stakeholder interviews, psychosocial intervention development and feasibility randomised controlled trial.

scientific article published in November 2017

Prevention, early intervention, harm reduction, and treatment of substance use in young people.

scientific article published on 18 February 2016

Price, cost and value of opiate detoxification treatments. Reanalysis of data from two randomised trials.

scientific article

Prior Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) affiliation and the acceptability of the Twelve Steps to patients entering UK statutory addiction treatment.

scientific article

Prolonged-release opioid agonist therapy: qualitative study exploring patients' views of 1-week, 1-month, and 6-month buprenorphine formulations

scientific article published on 03 April 2019

Promoting recovery and preventing drug-related mortality: competing risks?

scientific article published on 25 July 2011

Psychosocial interventions and opioid detoxification for drug misuse: summary of NICE guidance.

scientific article published in July 2007

Qualitative evaluation of a novel contingency management-related intervention for patients receiving supervised injectable opioid treatment.

scientific article published on 24 October 2015

Qualitative exploration of relationships between peers in residential addiction treatment.

scientific article

Radioimmunoassay of drugs of abuse in hair Part 2: The determination of methadone in the hair of known drug users

scientific article published on 01 June 1995

Randomised Comparison of a Novel Buprenorphine Oral Lyophilisate versus Existing Buprenorphine Sublingual Tablets in Opioid-Dependent Patients: A First-in-Patient Phase II Randomised Open Label Safety Study

scientific article

Randomised double-blind comparison of lofexidine and methadone in the in-patient treatment of opiate withdrawal

scientific article published on 01 December 1996

Randomized controlled pilot trial of naloxone-on-release to prevent post-prison opioid overdose deaths

scientific article published on 24 October 2016

Randomized trial of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT), bupropion and NRT plus bupropion for smoking cessation: effectiveness in clinical practice.

scientific article

Randomized trial of supervised injectable versus oral methadone maintenance: report of feasibility and 6-month outcome.

scientific article published on November 2000

Reaching hidden populations of drug users by privileged access interviewers: methodological and practical issues

scientific article published in December 1993

Relationship between prescribing and risk of opiate overdose among drug users in and out of maintenance treatment.

scientific article

Review: family or couples therapy is more effective than non-family therapy for drug abuse

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Risk of death during and after opiate substitution treatment in primary care: prospective observational study in UK General Practice Research Database

scientific article published on 26 October 2010

Route of drug use and its implications for drug effect, risk of dependence and health consequences

scientific article published in June 1998

Safety and tolerability of as-needed nalmefene in the treatment of alcohol dependence: results from the Phase III clinical programme

scientific article published on 4 February 2015

Same-sex sexual activity of male prisoners in England and Wales

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Screening for hepatitis B and vaccination of injecting drug users in NHS drug treatment services

scientific article published in December 1990

Self-reported overdose among injecting drug users in London: extent and nature of the problem

scientific article published in April 1999

Sentenced to treatment: early experience of drug treatment and testing orders in England.

scientific article published in July 2003

Severity of dependence and route of administration of heroin, cocaine and amphetamines

scientific article published in November 1992

Severity of heroin dependence and HIV risk. II. Sharing injecting equipment.

scientific article published on January 1993

Sexual behaviour and its relationship to drug-taking among prostitutes in south London.

scientific article

Should opiate addicts be involved in controlling their own detoxification? A comparison of fixed versus negotiable schedules

scientific article published on 01 August 1991

Should we worry that take-home naloxone availability may increase opioid use?

scientific article published on 12 June 2019

Smoking and its treatment in addiction services: clients' and staff behaviour and attitudes.

scientific article

Spice and all things nasty: the challenge of synthetic cannabinoids

scientific article published in the British Medical Journal

Substance use and homelessness: A longitudinal interview study conducted during COVID-19 with implications for policy and practice

scientific article published in 2022

Substance use, sleep and intervention design: insights from qualitative data.

scientific article published on 21 December 2017

Supervised Injectable Heroin: A Clinical Perspective.

scientific article

Supervised fixing rooms, supervised injectable maintenance clinics--understanding the difference

scientific article

Take-Home Naloxone for the Emergency Interim Management of Opioid Overdose: The Public Health Application of an Emergency Medicine

scientific article published on 01 September 2019

Take-home emergency naloxone to prevent deaths from heroin overdose

scientific article published on 4 November 2014

Take-home emergency naloxone to prevent heroin overdose deaths after prison release: rationale and practicalities for the N-ALIVE randomized trial.

scientific article published on October 2013

Take-home naloxone and the politics of care

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

Take-home naloxone to prevent fatalities from opiate-overdose: Protocol for Scotland's public health policy evaluation, and a new measure to assess impact

scientific article published on 18 November 2014

Test-retest reliability of the Severity of Dependence Scale

scientific article published on 01 March 1997

The Bethlem Study on NET: putting the record straight

scientific article published on 01 July 1989

The Brazilian 'Cracolândia' open drug scene and the challenge of implementing a comprehensive and effective drug policy

scientific article published on 26 October 2015

The Drug Advisory Service of England and Wales-the first 2 years

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The Drug Dependence Clinical Research and Treatment Unit, the Maudsley and Bethlem Royal Hospitals.

scientific article published on December 1988

The Severity of Dependence Scale (SDS): psychometric properties of the SDS in English and Australian samples of heroin, cocaine and amphetamine users.

scientific article published in May 1995

The acceptability and feasibility of a brief psychosocial intervention to reduce blood-borne virus risk behaviours among people who inject drugs: a randomised control feasibility trial of a psychosocial intervention (the PROTECT study) versus treatm

scientific article published on 21 March 2017

The association between speed of transition from initiation to subsequent use of cannabis and later problematic cannabis use, abuse and dependence

scientific article published on 3 June 2015

The clinical effectiveness of electrostimulation vs oral methadone in managing opiate withdrawal

scientific article published on 01 February 1984

The effect of tobacco smoking on subjective symptoms of inadequacy ("not holding") of methadone dose among opiate addicts in methadone maintenance treatment

scientific article published in April 2001

The effectiveness of motivational interviewing delivered by youth workers in reducing drinking, cigarette and cannabis smoking among young people: quasi-experimental pilot study.

scientific article published on 30 August 2005

The efficacy of single-session motivational interviewing in reducing drug consumption and perceptions of drug-related risk and harm among young people: results from a multi-site cluster randomized trial.

scientific article published in January 2004

The fine line between harm reduction and harm production--development of a clinical policy on femoral (groin) injecting

scientific article published on 27 June 2008

The heroin prescribing debate: integrating science and politics.

scientific article

The impact of buprenorphine and methadone on mortality: a primary care cohort study in the United Kingdom.

scientific article published on 19 April 2018

The impact of naloxone/lofexidine combination treatment on the opiate withdrawal syndrome

scientific article published in April 2001

The impact of opiate substitution treatment on mortality risk in drug addicts: a natural experiment study

scientific article published in January 2019

The lure of masterstrokes: drug legalization

scientific article published in January 1990

The needle and the damage done: clinical and behavioural markers of severe femoral vein damage among groin injectors

scientific article published on 29 June 2011

The relationship between initial route of heroin administration and speed of transition to daily heroin use.

scientific article published on 3 May 2017

The relative impact of waiting time and treatment entry on drug and alcohol use.

scientific article published on January 2002

The reliability of drug use data collected in the classroom: what is the problem, why does it matter and how should it be approached?

scientific article

The response of out-patient opiate addicts to the provision of a temporary increase in their prescribed drugs

scientific article published on 01 October 1982

The role of the community pharmacist in drug abuse: a comparison of service provision between Northern Ireland and England/Wales

scientific article published in February 2001

The study of transitions in the route of drug use: the route from one route to another

scientific article published in March 1992

Time of day of methadone consumption and illicit heroin use.

scientific article published in December 1997

Toxicity: exploring and expanding the concept.

scientific article

Training family members to manage heroin overdose and administer naloxone: randomized trial of effects on knowledge and attitudes.

scientific article published on 28 October 2013

Training primary health care workers about drugs: a national survey of UK trainers' perceptions towards training.

scientific article published in December 1996

Transitions in patterns of heroin administration: a study of heroin chasers and heroin injectors.

scientific article published on March 1994

Treating Opioid Dependence with Opioids

Treatment expectations and satisfaction of treatment-refractory opioid-dependent patients in RIOTT, the Randomised Injectable Opiate Treatment Trial, the UK's first supervised injectable maintenance clinics

scientific article

Treatment of nicotine dependence with bupropion SR: review of its efficacy, safety and pharmacological profile.

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