This cross-sectional study was carried out in two Spanish prisons. A group of 177 HIV-infected prison inmates were interviewed. Standardized personal interviews using a structured questionnaire were conducted to assess sociodemographic features and prison setting characteristics, clinical variables, social support and drug consumption. A simplified four-item questionnaire for self-reported adhe...

hepatitis C infection rates and to lower recidivism rates, federal prisons have begun offering methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) to any prisoner with an opiate addiction. The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) expanded access to MMT in federal prisons May 2. It estimates that up to 800 prisoners may enter the program within 3 years at an annual cost of more than $10 000 each, or a potenti...

OBJECTIVES To discover and compare the social support received by drug-dependent inmates in a drug free program and other inmates participating in a methadone maintenance program (MMP). MATERIALS AND METHODS Transversal descriptive observational study carried out at Albolote Prison (Granada). The prison population at the time of the study was 1,763 inmates. The drug addicts were divided into ...

OBJECTIVES To describe the circumstances and draft a typology of drug-related overdose deaths. SETTING London, 2003. METHODS An audit of 148 drug overdose deaths (involving heroin, methadone, dihydrocodeine, cocaine, amphetamine or MDMA) investigated by coroners during 2003. Information extracted on toxicology, pathology and circumstances were used to identify drug(s) implicated in the deat...

Scientific interest in poisoning by synthetic opioids, particular Methadone, is due to a significant increase their number Kyiv over the past 15 years and fatal consequences. The Aim of Research. Is identify causes associated with methadone determine measures prevent them. Materials Methods. A retrospective analysis medical data 1340 patients Methadone who were treated at Toxicology Center peri...

BACKGROUND Harm reduction strategies for combating HIV epidemics among people who inject drugs (PWID) have been implemented in several countries. However, large-scale studies using sensitive measurements of HIV incidence and intervention exposures in defined cohorts are rare. The aim of this study was to determine the association between harm reduction programs and HIV incidence among PWID. M...