Increases in drug-related deaths have also been observed in prison settings (Inquest, 2020; ONS, 2023). However, prisons have been neglected in the growing literature on drug-related deaths in community settings and in the media coverage of drug-related deaths in the UK (MacGregor and Thom, ...
Prescription pills are cheap, easy to explain, and even easier to score. But kids don't even realize how deadly their new drugs of choice can be.
Infectious diseases account for 20% of global deaths, with viruses accounting for over a third of these deaths (1). Lower respiratory effects and human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) are among the top ten causes of death worldwide, both of which contribute significantly to health-care costs (2...
Participants felt that DCS may garner mixed views from the wider public. Some described a growing understanding amongst the public of the need to act on the high levels of drug-related deaths, while others pointed to the ongoing stigma surrounding drug use. It was noted that, to address poten...
The safety of methadone has been called into question by data indicating a large increase in the number of methadone-associated overdose deaths in recent years that has occurred in parallel with a dramatic rise in the use of methadone for chronic pain. The American Pain Society and the College...
Recent deaths of young Australian music festival attendees from ‘party-drug’ overdoses have sparked debate about the effectiveness of drug policies. Australia is widely lauded for its harm minimisation approach to drugs, and yet, over the last 30
The population of female drug users has been growing in China, and these women have been found to care deeply about their weight. Against this backdrop, this study examines the relationship between Chinese women’s illicit drug use and their intentions to lose weight, keep fit, and maintain ...
and stroke), which are the cause of the majority of deaths from NCDs, and account for 17.9 million people per year, followed by cancer, with 9.3 million deaths per year, and chronic respiratory diseases (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma), with 4.1 million deaths per year [1]...