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Design of a randomized controlled trial to Link Infectious and Narcology Care (LINC-II) in St. Petersburg, Russia. Gnatienko N, Lioznov D, Raj A, Blokhina E, Rosen S, Cheng DM, Lunze K, Bendiks S, Truong V, Bushara N, Toussova O, Quinn E, Krupitsky…

USA. After Opioid Overdose, Most Young People Aren’t Getting Addiction Treatment Drug overdoses continue to take far too many lives, driven primarily by the opioid crisis (though other drugs, such as methamphetamine and cocaine, are also major conc…

What constitutes effective problematic substance use treatment from the perspective of people who are homeless? A systematic review and meta-ethnography. Carver, H., Ring, N., Miler, J. et al.  Harm Reduct J 17, 10 (2020). doi.org/10.1186/s12…

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Quality of life and well-being from the perspective of patients on opioid agonist maintenance treatment: study protocol for a systematic review of qualitative research and a scoping review of measures. Solà I, Trujols J, Ribalta E, Alcaraz S, Roble…