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New and Noteworthy

August 2010

Expanding treatment capacity for opioid dependence with office-based treatment with
buprenorphine: National surveys of physicians.
Arfken CL, Johanson CE, di Menza S, Schuster CR. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2010 Sep;39(2):96-104
Survival of Hepatitis C Virus in Syringes: Implication for Transmission among
Injection Drug Users.
Paintsil E, He H, Peters C, et al .J Infect Dis. 2010 Aug 20
Quality of life under maintenance treatment with heroin versus methadone in patients with
opioid dependence.
Karow A, Reimer J, Schäfer I, et al Drug Alcohol Depend. 2010 Aug 19
Current quality of life and its determinants among opiate-dependent individuals five years after
starting methadone treatment.
De Maeyer J, Vanderplasschen W, Lammertyn J, et al Qual Life Res. 2010 Aug 26.
Are young injection drug users ready and willing to participate in preventive HCV vaccine trials?
Levy V, Evans JL, Stein ES, et al Vaccine. 2010 Aug 23;28(37):5947-51.
Effectiveness of HIV Prevention Social Marketing With Injecting Drug Users.
Gibson DR, Zhang G, Cassady D, et al Am J Public Health. 2010 Aug 19.
HIV and Proteinuria in an Injection Drug User Population.
Yanik EL, Lucas GM, Vlahov D, et al Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2010 Aug 12
Hunger and associated harms among injection drug users in an urban Canadian setting.
Anema A, Wood E, Weiser SD, et al Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy. 2010 Aug 26;5(1):20.
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Methadone, buprenorphine, and street drug interactions with antiretroviral medications.
Gruber VA, McCance-Katz EF. Curr HIV/AIDS Rep. 2010 Aug;7(3):152-60.
Estimates of HIV incidence among drug users in St. Petersburg, Russia: continued growth of a
rapidly expanding epidemic.
Niccolai LM, Verevochkin SV, Toussova OV, et al Eur J Public Health. 2010 Aug 26
HIV Disclosure, Condom Use, and Awareness of HIV Infection Among HIV-Positive, Heterosexual
Drug Injectors in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation.
Grau LE, White E, Niccolai LM, et al AIDS Behav. 2010 Aug 11
Cognitive behavioral theories used to explain injection risk behavior among injection drug users:
a review and suggestions for the integration of cognitive and environmental models.
Wagner KD, Unger JB, Bluthenthal RN, et al Health Educ Behav. 2010 Aug;37(4):504-32.
Is Vancouver Canada's supervised injection facility cost-saving?
Pinkerton SD. Addiction. 2010 Aug;105(8):1429-36.
The living arrangement may differentially influence IDU parents' motivation to reduce HIV risk
as a function of gender.
Copenhaver M, Lee IC, Merz-Beyus A, Faghri P. AIDS Care. 2010 Aug 13:1-6.
Drug and HIV-related risk behaviors after geographic migration among a cohort of injection drug users.
Rachlis BS, Wood E, Li K, et al AIDS Behav. 2010 Aug;14(4):854-61
Modeling the effect of high dead-space syringes on the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic
among injecting drug users.
Bobashev GV, Zule WA. Addiction. 2010 Aug;105(8):1439-47.
Optimal targeting of Hepatitis C virus treatment among injecting drug users to those not enrolled in
methadone maintenance programs.
Zeiler I, Langlands T, Murray JM, Ritter A. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2010 Aug 1;110(3):228-33
Potential for Sexual Transmission of HIV Infection From Male Injecting-Drug Users Who Have
Sex With Men in Tehran, Iran.
Zamani S, Ono-Kihara M, Ichikawa S, Kihara M. Sex Transm Dis. 2010 Aug 5.
A pilot study to develop a prediction instrument for endocarditis in injection drug users admitted
with fever.
Rodriguez R, Alter H, Romero KL, et al Am J Emerg Med. 2010 Aug 2
Treatment and care for injecting drug users with HIV infection: a review of barriers and ways forward.
Wolfe D, Carrieri MP, Shepard D. Lancet. 2010 Jul 31;376(9738):355-66
Characteristics of opiate users leaving detoxification treatment against medical advice.
Kenne DR, Boros AP, Fischbein RL. J Addict Dis. 2010 Jul;29(3):383-94
Benzodiazepine use among patients in heroin-assisted vs. methadone maintenance treatment:
Findings of the German randomized controlled trial.
Eiroa-Orosa FJ, Haasen C, Verthein U, et al Drug Alcohol Depend. 2010 Aug 11

XVIII International AIDS Conference Citations

POSTER
Current and projected cases of hepatitis C co-infected with HIV among Australian injecting drug
users: the impact of needle and syringe programs
H.-H. Thein, J. Kwon, D. Wilson
PDF Poster Abstract
POSTER
Buprenorphine use is associated with a higher HIV risk profile than methadone use in a community-
based cohort of injection drug users (IDUs) in Baltimore, USA
S.H. Mehta, J. Astemborski, G.D. Kirk
PDF Poster Abstract
POSTER
Buprenorphine/naloxone maintenance improves engagement and quality of HIV care in HIV-infected
persons with opioid dependence
P.T. Korthuis, D.A. Fiellin, N. Sohler
PDF Poster Abstract
POSTER
Self-reported symptoms in buprenorphine and methadone patients receiving antiretroviral therapy:
results from the MANIF 2000 cohort study
M.P. Carrieri, P. Roux,, J. Cohen, et al
PDF Poster Abstract
POSTER
Effective treatment options for injecting drug users: what is needed and why? Findings from the
Edinburgh Addiction Cohort Case/Control Study
J.R. Robertson, M. Hickman, J. MacLeod, et al
PDF Poster Abstract
POSTER
Cortisol response to stress in HIV+ IDUs is related to depression
R. Ownby, D. Waldrop-Valverde, A. Kumar, M. Kumar
PDF Poster Abstract
POSTER
Emergency Department utilization among a cohort of HIV-positive injecting drug users in a Canadian
setting
N. Fairbairn, M.-J. Milloy, R. Zhang, et al
PDF Poster Abstract
POSTER
Characteristics of peripheral blood mononuclear cells of injecting drug users
P. Kukhareva
PDF Poster Abstract
POSTER
High frequency of methicillin-resistant staphylococci detection at post-injecting pyo-inflammatory
complications in HIV-infected injecting drug users
A. Popov, S. Zverev, Y. Maslov, N. Sharybina, et al
PDF Poster Abstract
POSTER
Confronting Russia´s Achilles' heel: drug users with HIV and drug dependency represent a
disproportionate large amount of HIV infection cases in Russia
E. Romanyak
PDF Poster Abstract
POSTER
Provision of comprehensive services to street sex workers (SWs) / injecting drug users (IDUs) in
the Russian Federation
K. Kulessa, L. Bardakova, I. Zhukov, et al
PDF Poster Abstract
POSTER
Poorer antiretroviral therapy outcomes in HIV infected injecting drug users in Vietnam
Y.N. Le, N.T. Do, D.B. Nguyen, et al
PDF Poster Abstract
POSTER
Harm reduction among drug users from conclusive medicine point of view
E. Demyanenko
PDF Poster Abstract
POSTER
Involvement of ex-drug users' self-help groups in peer based-harm reduction program: an experience
from Bangladesh
S. Alam, N.U. Ahmed, K.B. Ali,, et al
PDF Poster Abstract
POSTER
The cost-effectiveness of HIV programmes targeting injecting drug users in West Sumatera, Indonesia
W. Indrasari
PDF Poster Abstract
POSTER
Recovering addicts and outreach workers deliver harm reduction services linked to HIV prevention, care
and treatment in Zanzibar
F.R. Godfrey, S. Mauli, M. Haruni, et al
PDF Poster Abstract
POSTER
Injecting drug users participate in reducing barriers to HIV counseling and testing in Thailand
Y. Jittakoat, D. Pawa, D. Hawangchu, G. Mundy
PDF Poster Abstract
POSTER
Ensuring sustainability of trust points (TPs) for injecting drug users (IDUs) in Tashkent city, Uzbekistan,
by World Vision Uzbekistan (WVU)
A. Martirosyan, G. Karapetyan, V. Sargsyan, et al
PDF Poster Abstract
POSTER
Opportunities for e-learning in drug use treatment and HIV prevention in Russia
E. Berezina, M. Volik, N. Dolzhanskaya
PDF Poster Abstract
POSTER
Risk behaviors and high HIV prevalence among injecting drug users (IDUs) in a respondent driven
sampling (RDS) survey in Bangkok and Chiang Mai, Thailand
K. Yongvanitjit, C. Manopaiboon, A. Aramrattana, et al
PDF Poster Abstract
POSTER
Opioid substitution treatment of injecting drug users as a tool of protecting their human rights:
an Armenian case
A. Potosyan, A. Papikyan, V. Zopunyan, et al
PDF Poster Abstract
POSTER
Analysis of HIV related knowledge and behaviour among IDUs reached by peer-driven intervention
in Lithuania
L. Stoniene, S. Rotberga, S. Kulsis, et al
PDF Poster Abstract
POSTER
Preparations for the first Medication Assisted Therapy (MAT) intervention for injection drug users (IDU)
on Zanzibar
I. Benech, M. Dahoma, R. Needle, et al
PDF Poster Abstract
POSTER
Findings of the Bio-behavioral surveillance surveys among injecting drug users as a tool for preventive
program planning in Georgia
I. Chikovani, K. Goguadze, S. Ranade, et al
PDF Poster Abstract
POSTER
HIV prevention for people who use drugs: studying the opportunities of integrating prevention programs
and the activity of social, medical and other services
L. Khalabuda, R. Sadykova, I. Jekabsone, et al
PDF Poster Abstract
POSTER
Xingcheng Ltd., enterprise-based rehabilitation for ex-injecting drug users in Yunnan province, China:
towards a model for ex-IDU managed, community-based rehabilitation in a resource-limited setting
Y. Li, H. Zhou F. Yang, et al
PDF Poster Abstract
POSTER
Programming with injecting drug users to reach other most-at-risk populations: an adapted and effective
approach in Egypt
D. Oraby, S. Atallah, C. Soliman, et al
PDF Poster Abstract
POSTER
Supporting harm reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)
P. Cymerman, M. Day, G. Hirnschall, R. Mazin
PDF Poster Abstract
POSTER
Universal access for prisoners in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
J. van der Meer, M. Volik
PDF Poster Abstract
POSTER
Police influence in the development of more effective drug policy
M.Z.K. Rahim Khan
PDF Poster Abstract
POSTER
Methadone clinic clients HIV incidence in Yunnan, China
L. Duo
PDF Poster Abstract
POSTER
Initiation of methadone during incarceration and linkage to treatment upon release: results of a
randomized control trial
N. Zaller, M. McKenzie, T. Green, et al
PDF Poster Abstract
POSTER
Methadone treatment scale-up in Ukraine: a time for quality assurance
I. Veretko, K. Dumchev, S. Dvoryak, I. Grishayeva
PDF Poster Abstract
POSTER
Self-reported symptoms in buprenorphine and methadone patients receiving antiretroviral therapy:
results from the MANIF 2000 cohort study
M.P. Carrieri, P. Roux, J. Cohen, et al
PDF Poster Abstract
POSTER
Buprenorphine/naloxone maintenance improves engagement and quality of HIV care in HIV-infected
persons with opioid dependence
P.T. Korthuis, D.A. Fiellin, N. Sohler, et al
PDF Poster Abstract
POSTER
Initiation of Buprenorphine during incarceration and linkage to treatment upon release
T. Green, N. Zaller, A. Parikh, et al
PDF Poster Abstract
POSTER
Buprenorphine plus syringe access: an effective harm reduction strategy
S. Stancliff, H. Joseph, T. Furst
PDF Poster Abstract
POSTER
Buprenorphine use is associated with a higher HIV risk profile than methadone use in a
community-based cohort of injection drug users (IDUs) in Baltimore, USA
S.H. Mehta, J. Astemborski, G.D. Kirk, et al
PDF Poster Abstract
Methadone maintenance treatment MMT program in Jakarta (Indonesia) after more than 5 years
running
A. Wibaskara
Methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) as a HIV/AIDS harm reduction program in Vietnam
T. Nguyen, N. Heltze, J. Folmsbee
Results of methadone substitution therapy pilot project in Belarus
O. Aizberg, A. Alexandrov, S. Osipchik, et al
Importance of capacity building in scaling up access to methadone maintenance therapy in the
Baltic States - experience of UNODC project “HIV prevention and care among injecting drug users
and in prison settings in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania̶
S. Rotberga
Integration of medical and psychosocial services for HIV positive IDUs enrolled in opioid
substitution treatment within different types of health care institutions: Ukrainian experience
S. Filippovych, Z. Islam, T. Mikityuk, T. Perepelytsia
Universal opt-out HIV testing in publicly funded methadone clinics in San Francisco
E. Huriaux, N. Raad, T. Dowling, et al
Engagement in methadone maintenance therapy predicts initiation of antiretroviral therapy among
First Nations illicit drug users in a Canadian setting
M.-J. Milloy, T. Kerr, J. Montaner, E. Wood
The study on the factors of drop-out rate of methadone maintenance treatment (MMT)
Y. Lan, L. Wang, H. Chen, Z. Liu
Methadone maintenance therapy promotes initiation of antiretroviral therapy among injection drug users
S. Uhlmann, M.-J. Milloy, T. Kerr,et al
IDU-driven advocacy greatly improves accessibility to methadone in Mengzi county, Yunnan province,
China
G. Zhao, Y. Feng, S. Cui, F. Young
Methadone assisted therapy outcomes and clinical characteristics of patients in the pilot program in
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
T.L. Giang, T. Thinh, V.T.T. Tieu, D. Chinh
HIV risk practices decline with buprenorphine substitution therapy among IDUs in Delhi, India
E. Sarin, L. Samson, M. Sweat, et al
Evaluation of maintenance therapy with injectable buprenorphine for treatment of patients with opioid
dependence in Ukraine
A. Libanov, S. Dvoriak
Availability and accessibility of opioid medications in Ukraine
D. Lohman, V. Tymoshevska, A. Rokhanski, et al
Enrollment and follow-up of injecting drug users in an HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis trial in Bangkok
K. Choopanya, S. Vanichseni, P. Suntharasamai, et al

General Reports

Internet Documents

	A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT FULL-TEXT DOCUMENT A Guide to Adulterants, Bulking Agents and other Contaminants Found in Illicit Drugs Cole C, Jones L, McVeigh J, et alC April 2010 Document

Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

Comparing Respondent-Driven Sampling and Targeted Sampling Methods of Recruiting
Injection Drug Users in San Francisco.
Kral AH, Malekinejad M, Vaudrey J, et al;
J Urban Health. 2010 Jun 26
Abstract

Needle sharing in regular sexual relationships- An examination of serodiscordance,
drug using practices, and the gendered character of injecting.
Bryant J, Brener L, Hull P, Treloar C.
Drug Alcohol Depend. 2009 Nov 24.
Abstract

Clinical trial literacy among injecting drug users in Sydney, Australia: A pilot study.
Doab A, Topp L, Day CA, et al
Contemp Clin Trials. 2009 Apr 1
Abstract

Self-management of injection-related wounds among injecting drug users.
Roose RJ, Hayashi AS, Cunningham CO.
J Addict Dis. 2009;28(1):74-80.
Abstract

Cross-reactive T cell responses in HIV CRF01_AE and B'-infected intravenous drug users:
implications for superinfection and vaccines.
Promadej-Lanier N, Thielen C, Hu DJ, et al
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2009 Jan;25(1):73-81
Abstract

The Management of Mycotic Femoral Pseudoaneurysms in Intravenous Drug Abusers.
Peirce C, Coffey C, O'Grady H, et al
Ann Vasc Surg. 2008 Sep 20.
Abstract

Employment among users of a medically supervised safer injection facility.
Richardson L, Wood E, Zhang R, et al
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2008;34(5):519-25.
Abstract

New injectors and the social context of injection initiation.
Harocopos A, Goldsamt LA, Kobrak P, et al
Int J Drug Policy. 2008 Sep 12.
Abstract

Resilience from the perspective of the illicit injection drug user: An exploratory descriptive study.
Stajduhar KI, Funk L, Shaw AL, et al
Int J Drug Policy. 2008 Sep 4
Abstract

Drugscapes and the role of place and space in injection drug use-related HIV risk environments.
Tempalski B, McQuie H
Int J Drug Policy. 2008 Jun 11.
Abstract

Genetic susceptibility to heroin addiction; a candidate-gene association study.
Levran O, Londono D, O'Hara K, et al
Genes Brain Behav. 2008 Jun 2.
Abstract

Measuring attitudes toward injecting drug users and people with hepatitis C.
Brener L, Von Hippel W.
Subst Use Misuse. 2008;43(3):295-302.
Abstract

Complications of heroin abuse.
O'Connor G, McMahon G.
Eur J Emerg Med. 2008 Apr;15(2):104-6.
Abstract

Improved injection network ascertainment with supplementary elicitation techniques.
Brewer DD, Hagan H, Hough ES.
Int J STD AIDS. 2008 Mar;19(3):188-91.
Abstract

"They got their program, and I got mine": A cautionary tale concerning the ethical implications
of using respondent-driven sampling to study injection drug users.
Scott G.
Int J Drug Policy. 2008 Jan 14
Abstract

Effects of injection-drug injury on ankle mobility and chronic venous disorders.
Pieper B, Templin TN, Birk TJ, Kirsner RS.
J Nurs Scholarsh. 2007;39(4):312-8.
Abstract

A randomized trial of employment-based reinforcement of cocaine abstinence in injection
drug users.
Silverman K, Wong CJ, Needham M, et al
J Appl Behav Anal. 2007 Fall;40(3):387-410.
Abstract

2nd-generation HIV surveillance and injecting drug use: uncovering the epidemiological iceberg.
Reintjes R, Wiessing L.
Int J Public Health. 2007;52(3):166-72.
Abstract

Injecting drug use is associated with HIV risk perception among Mexican Americans in the Rio
Grande Valley of South Texas, USA.
Essien EJ, Ogungbade GO, Ward D, et al
Public Health. 2007 Oct 23;
Abstract

A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
Methods to recruit and retain a cohort of young-adult injection drug users for the Third
Collaborative Injection Drug Users Study/Drug Users Intervention Trial (CIDUS III/DUIT).
Garfein RS, Swartzendruber A, Ouellet LJ, et al
Drug Alcohol Depend. 2007 Jun 18;
Abstract

Injecting drugs of abuse and immunity: implications for HIV vaccine testing and efficacy.
Ugen KE, Nyland SB.
Springer Semin Immunopathol. 2006 Nov;28(3):281-287.
Abstract

Do Supervised Injecting Facilities Attract Higher-Risk Injection Drug Users?
Wood E, Tyndall MW, Li K, et al A
m J Prev Med. 2005 Aug;29(2):126-130.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Use of the femoral vein ('groin injecting') by a sample of needle exchange clients in
Bristol, UK.
Scott J, Maliphant J.
Harm Reduct J. 2005 Apr 15;2(1):6
Paper

Global overview of injecting drug use and HIV infection among injecting drug users.
Aceijas C, Stimson GV, Hickman M, et al
AIDS. 2004 Nov 19;18(17):2295-303.
Abstract

Can drug injectors be encouraged to adopt non-injecting routes of administration
(NIROA) for drugs?
Dolan K, Clement N, Rouen Dm et al
Drug Alcohol Rev. 2004 Sep;23(3):281-6.
Abstract

Association between injection practices and duration of injection among recently initiated
injection drug users.
Becker Buxton M, Vlahov D, et al
Drug Alcohol Depend. 2004 Aug 16;75(2):177-83.
Abstract

Changing patterns in causes of death in a cohort of injecting drug users, 1980-2001.
Copeland L, Budd J, Robertson JR, Elton RA.
Arch Intern Med. 2004 Jun 14;164(11):1214-20.
Abstract

Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

The effects of child abuse on HIV risk among women injection drug users at
a needle exchange program
R E Plotzker, D Metzger
(15IAC)
Abstract

PRESENTATION
Injection Drug Use and Hepatitis C
Edlin BR
NIH Consensus Development Conference on Management of Hepatitis C: 2002
Oral Presentation

Violence
Suicide

Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

Physical violence among a prospective cohort of injection drug users: A gender-focused approach.
Marshall BD, Fairbairn N, Li K, et al
Drug Alcohol Depend. 2008 May 16. [
Abstract

Physical violence among a prospective cohort of injection drug users: A gender-focused approach.
Marshall BD, Fairbairn N, Li K,et al
Drug Alcohol Depend. 2008 May 16.
Abstract

Intimate partner violence perpetration against main female partners among
HIV-positive male injection drug users.
Frye V, Latka MH, Wu Y, et al
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2007 Nov 1;46 Suppl 2:S101-9.
Abstract

Sexual violence among two populations of men at high risk of HIV infection.
Braitstein P, Asselin JJ, Schilder A, et al
AIDS Care. 2006 Oct;18(7):681-9
Abstract

Quality of Life

Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

Impact of substance dependence and dual diagnosis on the quality of life of heroin users
seeking treatment.|
Astals M, Domingo-Salvany A, et al |
ubst Use Misuse. 2008;43(5):612-32.
Abstract

Health related quality of life among both current and former injection drug users who are
HIV-infected.
Preau M, Protopopescu C, Spire B, Sobel A, et al;
Drug Alcohol Depend. 2006 Aug 21
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Injection Drug Use Quality of Life scale (IDUQOL): A validation study.
Hubley AM, Russell LB, Palepu A.
Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2005 Jul 19;3(1):43
Paper

Economics and IDU Challenges

Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

Federal funding for needle exchange programs.
Clark PA, Fadus M.
Med Sci Monit. 2010 Jan;16(1):PH1-13.
Abstract

Economic perspectives on injecting drug use.
Bloom DE, Mahal A, O'Flaherty B.
Adv Health Econ Health Serv Res. 2005;16:371-95
Abstract

Economic Evaluation of an HIV Prevention Intervention for Seropositive Injection Drug Users.
Tuli K, Sansom S, Purcell DW, Metsch LR, et aL
Public Health Manag Pract. 2005 November/December;11(6):508-51
Abstract

Cost-effectiveness of syringe exchange as an HIV prevention strategy.
Laufer FN.
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2001 Nov1;28(3):273-8
Abstract

Cost effectiveness of Streetworks' needle exchange program ofEdmonton.
Jacobs P, Calder P, Taylor M, et al
Can J Public Health 1999 May-Jun;90(3):168-71
Abstract

Cost effectiveness of Streetworks' needle exchange program of Edmonton.
Jacobs P, Calder P, Taylor M, et al
Can J Public Health 1999 May-Jun;90(3):168-71
Abstract

Cost and cost-effectiveness of increasing access to sterile syringes and needles as an
HIV prevention intervention in the United States.
Holtgrave DR, Pinkerton SD
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr Hum Retrovirol 1998;18 Suppl 1:S133-8
Abstract

An economic analysis of needle exchange and pharmacy-based programs to increase
sterile syringe availability for injection drug users.
Lurie P, Gorsky R, Jones TS, Shomphe L.
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr Hum Retrovirol 1998;18 Suppl 1:S126-32
Abstract

Spirituality/Religion and IDU Health

Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

Influence of religiosity on HIV risk behaviors in active injection drug users.
Hasnain M, Sinacore JM, Mensah EK, Levy JA.
AIDS Care. 2005 Oct;17(7):892-901.
Abstract

An exploratory examination of the Spiritual Well-Being Scale among incarcerated
black and white male drug users.
Fernander A, Wilson JF, Staton M, Leukefeld C.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2004 Aug;48(4):403-13
Abstract

Spiritual beliefs, world assumptions, and HIV risk behavior among heroin and cocaine
users.
Avants SK, Marcotte D, Arnold R, Margolin A.
Psychol Addict Behav. 2003 Jun;17(2):159-62.
Abstract

Patient attitudes concerning the inclusion of spirituality into addiction treatment.
Arnold R, Avants SK, Margolin A, Marcotte D.
J Subst Abuse Treat 2002 Dec;23(4):319-326
Abstract

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