An overview of forensic drug testing methods and their suitability for harm reduction point-of-care services.pdf

Given the current opioid crisis around the world, harm reduction agencies are seeking to help people who use drugs to do so more safely. Many harm reduction agencies are exploring techniques to test illicit drugs to identify and, where possible, quantify their constituents allowing their users to make informed decisions. While these technologies have been used for years in Europe (Nightlife Empowerment & Well-being Implementation Project, Drug Checking Service: Good Practice Standards;

Drug-related problems and changes in drug utilization after medication reviews in nursing homes in Oslo, Norway.pdf

In Norway, the nursing home (NH) sector comprising 42,000 beds provide care for both physically disabled and psychogeriatric patients. About 80% of NH patients are cognitively impaired and most have at least one significant neuropsychiatric symptom [1,2]. A typical NH patient is an old (mean age, 86 years) and frail female with short life expectancy [3].

RECENT PROPOSED LEGISLATION.pdf

Marijuana’s prohibition and gradual legalization in the United States has had a significant economic impact on those left in its wake. On one hand, the punitive approach to marijuana use taken by local and state law enforcement agencies has had pernicious economic consequences for low-income and minority individuals and communities.1

Undocumented Immigration, Drug Problems, and Driving Under the Influence in the United States, 1990–2014.pdf

Objectives. To examine the influence of undocumented immigration in the United States on 4 different metrics of drug and alcohol problems: drug arrests, drug overdose fatalities, driving under the influence (DUI) arrests, and DUI deaths.