Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7514054 | International Journal of Drug Policy | 2014 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
The strength and direction of the association between opiate use and violent conflict and the proposed mediating factors may differ between contexts, necessitating country and population-specific research and interventions. Prevalence of opiate use prior to the start of conflict was common to all populations in which conflict induced a change in opiate use, suggesting that interventions to reduce opiate use and future research should focus on such populations. Population-based, longitudinal studies that use systematic measures of exposure to conflict and opiate use are needed to further explore this association and its mediating factors.
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Authors
Helen Jack, Amelia Reese Masterson, Kaveh Khoshnood,