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Aims
To document organ pathologies detected post‐mortem in patients receiving opioid agonist treatment for opioid use disorder and estimate the extent to which individual characteristics are associated with pulmonary, cardiovascular, hepatic or renal pathologies.
Design
Two‐year cross‐sectional nation‐wide study.
Setting
Norway.
Participants
Among all 200 patients who died during opioid agonist...
Aims
To provide an overview of research literature on ageing and older people who use illicit opioids and stimulants by documenting the conceptual frameworks used and content areas that have been investigated.
Methods
We conducted a scoping review of literature relating to ageing and older people who use illicit stimulants and opioids, defining ‘older’ as 40 years and above. Primary studies, secondary...
Background and aims
Mortality and drug treatment data suggest that the median age of people who inject drugs is increasing. We aimed to describe changes in the characteristics of people injecting drugs in the United Kingdom (UK).
Design
Repeat cross‐sectional surveys and modelling.
Setting
Low‐threshold services in the United Kingdom such as needle and syringe programmes.
Participants
A total...
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