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La Manna A, Siddiqui S, Gerber G, Budesa Z, Vance K, Goulka J, et al.
Drug Alcohol Depend . 2025 Mar; 271:112590. PMID: 40073804
As the overdose crisis continues to spiral, high volume and intensity of drug poisoning calls are impacting first responders' mental health. This study examined burnout and attitudes towards mental health...
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Winograd R, Marotta P, ONeil M, Siddiqui S, Connors E, La Manna A, et al.
Health Justice . 2024 Dec; 12(1):49. PMID: 39699777
Background: First responders (law enforcement officers, emergency medical services, and firefighters) frequently interact with people who use drugs (PWUD). Based on the nature and outcomes of such encounters, these interactions...
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McCreedy K, von der Heydt J, Chauhan A, Shah R, Kang S, Platt E, et al.
JAMA . 2024 Oct; 332(20):1754-1757. PMID: 39475991
No abstract available.
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Cummins E, Walley A, Xuan Z, Yan S, Schoenberger S, Formica S, et al.
Addiction . 2024 Oct; 120(2):327-334. PMID: 39467382
Background And Aims: Involuntary civil commitment (ICC) is a legal process by which people are compulsorily admitted to substance use treatment. This study explored views about and promotion of ICC...
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Beletsky L, Tiako M
JAMA . 2024 Jun; 332(2):109-110. PMID: 38869858
No abstract available.
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McCreedy K, Chauhan A, Holder G, Kang S, Reinhart E, Beletsky L
Int J Drug Policy . 2024 Feb; 125:104341. PMID: 38367328
Background: As the overdose crisis unfolded, narratives mischaracterizing neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) as "addicted babies" with echoes to the "crack babies" panic proliferated in mainstream media. his study examines NAS...
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Siddiqui S, La Manna A, Connors E, Smith R, Vance K, Budesa Z, et al.
Harm Reduct J . 2024 Feb; 21(1):39. PMID: 38351046
Background: First responders [law enforcement officers (LEO) and Fire/Emergency Medical Services (EMS)] can play a vital prevention role, connecting overdose survivors to treatment and recovery services. This study was conducted...
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Cepeda J, Beletsky L, Abramovitz D, Saldana C, Kahn J, Banuelos A, et al.
Lancet Reg Health Am . 2024 Feb; 30:100679. PMID: 38327278
Background: Incarceration is associated with drug-related harms among people who inject drugs (PWID). We trained >1800 police officers in Tijuana, Mexico on occupational safety and HIV/HCV, harm reduction, and decriminalization...
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Beaugard C, Formica S, Cummins E, Bagley S, Beletsky L, Green T, et al.
Int J Drug Policy . 2024 Jan; 124:104310. PMID: 38181671
Background: Public health-public safety partnerships for post-overdose outreach have emerged in many communities to prevent future overdose events. These efforts often identify overdose survivors through emergency call data and seek...
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Haley D, Agoos E, Yarbrough C, Suen L, Beletsky L
J Addict Med . 2023 Dec; 18(1):78-81. PMID: 38126704
Objectives: We examined substance use hotline operator certainty of each US state and Washington, DC's endorsement of buprenorphine (initiation and continuation) prescribing via telemedicine. Methods: Between March and May 2021,...