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| Title |
Drug checking: a potential solution to the opioid overdose epidemic?
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, May 2018
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13011-018-0156-3 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Geoff Bardwell, Thomas Kerr |
| Abstract |
North America is experiencing an overdose epidemic driven in part by the proliferation of illicitly-manufactured fentanyl and related analogues. In response, communities are scaling up novel overdose prevention interventions. Included are drug checking technologies. Drug checking technologies aim to identify the contents of illicit drugs. These technologies vary considerably in terms of cost, accuracy, and usability, and while efforts are now underway to implement drug checking programs for people who inject drugs, there remains a lack of rigorous evaluation of their impacts. Given the ongoing overdose crisis and the urgent need for effective responses, research on drug checking should be prioritized. However, while such research should be supported, it should be completed before these technologies are widely implemented. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 7 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 1 | 14% |
| United States | 1 | 14% |
| Canada | 1 | 14% |
| Unknown | 4 | 57% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 57% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 29% |
| Unknown | 1 | 14% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 70 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 70 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 11 | 16% |
| Researcher | 10 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 7 | 10% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 9% |
| Other | 4 | 6% |
| Other | 6 | 9% |
| Unknown | 26 | 37% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 10 | 14% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 8 | 11% |
| Psychology | 6 | 9% |
| Chemistry | 4 | 6% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 11 | 16% |
| Unknown | 28 | 40% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 12. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 16 October 2021.
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#2,933,735
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Outputs from Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
#149
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#56,694
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#4
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