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Righteous dopefiend

by Bourgois, Philippe I., Schonberg, Jeff

fromCalifornia series in public anthropology

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This powerful study immerses the reader in the world of homelessness and drug addiction in the contemporary United States. For over a decade Philippe Bourgois and Jeff Schonberg followed a social network of two dozen heroin injectors and crack smokers on the streets of San Franc…

Poisoning & drug overdose

by Olson, Kent R., (Kent Russell), Anderson, Ilene B., California Poison Control System

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Delivers critical information on effective diagnosis and treatment of drug-related emergencies and chemical exposures. This title covers initial emergency management, including treatment of complications; physical and laboratory diagnosis; and decontamination and enhanced elimin…

"Based on material drawn from the widely used Irwin & Rippe Manual of Intensive Care Medicine. Fourth Edition, this convenient stand-alone reference provides clinicians with a practical and straightforward guide to the most commonly encountered poisonings and overdoses. Inside y…

Poisoning & drug overdose

by Olson, Kent R., (Kent Russell), Anderson, Ilene B., California Poison Control System

0 Type: Book

This edition contains updated information on industrial chemicals including the latest regulatory exposure limits. It also contains a new section and table on drugs and chemicals associated with pregnancy and easy to digest texts with specific drug dosages.

Nearly 70,000 veterans struggle with opioid addiction. In 2016 the overdose rate of veterans misusing opioids was 21%, a record high. The overdose rate increased from 14% to 21% between the years of 2010 and 2016. While the rise of heroin use within the veteran population has be…

Introduction

Previous research has estimated that 20–30% of individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD) have a history of both suicide attempt and unintentional opioid overdose. In 2018, more than 1.9 million adults 18 years and older had an OUD; while 1.4 million adults attempted suicide tha…

The fatality rate of prescription and non-prescription opiate overdoses in the United States (U.S.) continues to rise, constituting an ongoing public health threat. One effective measure to prevent opiate overdose fatalities is the administration of an antidote Naloxone hydrochl…