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Scheibein, F, Wells, JSG, Henriques, S and Van Hout, MC (2019) The impacts and service responses to Injecting Synthetic Cathinones and Novel Synthetic Opioids amongst marginalised drug using populations – a scoping review. Journal of Substance Use. ISSN 1465-9891
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Abstract
Background: A growing body of literature reports on the injection of synthetic cathinones (SC) and novel synthetic opioids (NSO) in marginalized drug-using (MDU) populations. This review seeks to establish what is known about the injection of SCs and NSOs impacts on MDUs.
Method: A six-stage iterative scoping literature review was conducted in relation to SCs, NSOs, MD impacts and service responses. Searches were conducted through Pubmed™ and Google Scholar™. Results: Two Thousand and Ninety-Nine search items were retrieved. After duplicates were removed (n =880), articles were screened for injecting drug use by MDUs leading to the removal of a further 1102 articles. Three articles were identified through a hand search, yielding a total of 22 articles for appraisal. Conclusions: SC injection has largely dissipated in many regions due to service and policy responses and changes in the drug market. Responses to NSO have been less effective, with extensive use and opioid overdosing due to contamination and adulteration within the illicit drug market. These impacts have stimulated innovative responses such as fentanyl test strips and housing-based consumption sites. The evidence for their effectiveness is not established. In this context, the underlying environmental and structural factors shaping the risk of these populations should be addressed.
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| Additional Information: | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Substance Use on 05/12/2019, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/14659891.2019.1698671 |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA1001 Forensic Medicine. Medical jurisprudence. Legal medicine |
| Divisions: | Public Health Institute |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Dec 2019 10:19 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Sep 2021 08:17 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.1080/14659891.2019.1698671 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/11888 |
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