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The use of nitrous oxide whippets as a recreational drug: Hidden health risks.
to prepare food foams. In recent years, however, these gas canisters have been cracked open and inhaled to produce a “legal” high. Users of these whippets have reported the presence of an oily residue ...
Full Characterisation of Heroin Samples Using Infrared Spectroscopy and Multivariate Calibration
therefore 125 heroin samples were collected directly from users and analysed with classical chromatographic techniques. Further, MidInfrared spectra were collected for all samples, to be used in Partial Least ...
Evaluation of an electrochemical sensor and comparison with spectroscopic approaches as used today in practice for harm reduction in a festival setting-A case study: Analysis of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine samples
requires portable, easy to use analytical approaches, operated by personnel with limited knowledge of analytical chemistry. In this case study, four different approaches were compared for the ...
Prevalence of drug use before and during imprisonment in seven European countries (2014–2018)
Journal of Community Psychology (2023) Abstract: Substance use is a global phenomenon that is particularly affecting the prison population. This study aimed to describe the prevalence of drug use among ...
Prevalence of drug use before and during imprisonment in seven European countries (2014-2018)
This study aimed to describe the prevalence of drug use among people in prison before and during incarceration in seven European countries and to compare it with the prevalence in the general population. ...
Which drugs of choice are on the rise or in decline? A trend analysis of Belgium’s treatment settings (2015-2019)
increase in cocaine treatment demands in Western Europe, all emphasise the importance of monitoring the use and harms of drugs over time. To be informed about new consumption patterns, this study aims to ...
Synthetic Cannabinoids and Cannabis: How the Patterns of Use Differ: Results from the European Web Survey on Drugs
(2022) Keywords: cannabis new psychoactive substances Synthetic cannabinoids Web Survey on Drugs Abstract: The aim of the current study is to assess if the patterns of use, socio-demographic ...
Chemometrics and infrared spectroscopy – A winning team for the analysis of illicit drug productsAbstract
time in the context of the analysis of illicit drugs, and their use is increasing due to the development of more performant portable devices and easy application in the context of harm reduction through ...
COVID-19 and people who use drugs: Impact of the pandemic on general anxiety and depressive disorders among adults in Belgium.
previous pandemics people who use drugs (PWUD) were categorized among the most vulnerable. In the current study, firstly, we wanted to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the prevalence of anxiety ...
Use of health care services by people with substance use disorders in Belgium: a register-based cohort study
79, Issue 1 (2021) ISBN: 2049-3258 Abstract: The objective of the study was to describe the frequencies of health-care utilization by people with substance use disorder (SUD), including contacts with ...