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Socially-supportive norms and mutual aid of people who use opioids: An analysis of Reddit during the initial COVID-19 pandemic.
Amanda M. Bunting,David A. Frank,Joshua Arshonsky,Marie A. Bragg,Samuel R. Friedman,Noa Krawczyk +5 more
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In this article, the authors examined the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on the social networks and social processes of people who use opioids on Reddit and found that Reddit provided an important source of social support and mutual aid for persons who used opioids.About:
This article is published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence.The article was published on 2021-05-01. It has received 46 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Social support & Social structure.read more
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Therapeutic benefit with caveats?: Analyzing social media data to understand the complexities of kratom use.
TL;DR: This paper analyzed Reddit posts mentioning kratom from 42 subreddits between June 2019 and July 2020 to determine if independent, descriptive accounts are consistent with prior U.S. kratom survey findings and gain a more nuanced understanding of kratom use patterns.
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Substance, use in relation to COVID-19: A scoping review
TL;DR: This paper conducted a scoping review focused on various forms of substance use amid the pandemic, looking at both the impact of substance usage on COVID-19 infection, severity, and vaccine uptake, as well as the impact that substance use treatment and rates.
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Addressing long overdue social and structural determinants of the opioid epidemic.
TL;DR: In this paper, a collection of 14 papers, which bring health disparities to the forefront by focusing on the social and structural determinants of the alarming number of overdose deaths in the U.S.
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Big Events theory and measures may help explain emerging long-term effects of current crises.
Samuel R. Friedman,Pedro Mateu-Gelabert,Georgios K. Nikolopoulos,Magdalena Cerdá,Diana Rossi,Ashly E. Jordan,Tarlise Townsend,Maria R. Khan,David C. Perlman +8 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss and present hypotheses about pathways through which the current Big Events might lead to better or worse short and long term outcomes for various health conditions and diseases; considers how pre-existing societal conditions and changing 'pathway' variables can influence the impact of Big Events; discusses how to measure these pathways; and suggests ways in which research and surveillance might be conducted to improve human capacity to prevent or mitigate the effects of Big events on human health.
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“I got a bunch of weed to help me through the withdrawals”: Naturalistic cannabis use reported in online opioid and opioid recovery community discussion forums
TL;DR: Examination of reports of naturalistic cannabis use by persons self-identifying as actively using opioids versus persons in recovery identified withdrawal symptom management as a common motivation.
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Receiving social support online: implications for health education
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Conceptualizing Recovery Capital: Expansion of a Theoretical Construct
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