Drug Addiction among Homeless People -- A Case Study on the Platform Dwellers in West Bengal Journal of the Indian Anthropological SocietyGUHA, KRISHNA
In conclusion, drug overdose has replaced HIV as the emerging epidemic among homeless adults. While mortality rates due to certain causes have decreased in comparison with rates 15 years prior, we found substantial increases in addiction-related and mental health–related mortality rates among homeless...
followed by New York and Florida. The vast amount of homelessness in California is a result of multiple factors, one of them being the extreme high cost of living, as well as opposition to mandatory mental health counseling and drug addiction. However, the District of Columbia had thehighest...
Phoenix House NY president Ann-Marie Foster discusses how addiction can turn a fully-functioning person into someone who cannot take care of themselves any longer. She talked about what Phoenix House provides and its stance on the "housing first" model that many critics be...
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In the midst of St. Louis County, MO’s opioid epidemic, we find ourselves in a criminal justice crisis. Drug addiction is a disease, not a crime. Prosecutors must stop packing our jails and prisons with those who need treatment, not punishment. ...
Barrio et al19 2004–06 Spain 714 Regular cocaine users recruited from drug scenes and non-treatment settings Bjornaas et al20 1980–2000 Norway 185 Individuals with opioid addiction admitted to hospital because of self-poisoning Darke et al21 2001–09 Australia 615 Opioid users Degenhardt et al...
We're not all drug addicts. We're not all thieves. We're not all people trying to hurt you or steal from you. When you see a person down, I think as a human being, it would be a great thing to provide a bottle of water, maybe a blanket-- something to save their li...
US age- and sex-adjusted mortality from the National Vital Statistics System19 was used (with overdose removed) to derive the competing risks mortality. The increased risk of death among people experiencing homelessness was accounted for by using age group–standardized mortality ratios from the stud...