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International Journal of Drug Policy

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Psychedelic use is associated with reduced daily opioid use among people who use illicit drugs in a Canadian setting

This longitudinal study (2021) assessed data from three ongoing open prospective cohorts of people who use drugs (PWUD) in Vancouver, Canada to investigate the relationship between psychedelic use and daily opioid use. This is the first study to find that recent psychedelic use was associated with 55% reduced odds of daily opioid use.

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International Journal of Drug Policy
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Argento, E., Socias, M. E., Hayashi, K., Choi, J., Mackay, L., Christie, D., Milloy, M. J., Debeck, K.
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Classic psychedelics in the treatment of substance use disorder: Potential synergies with twelve-step programs

This paper proposes that there are synergies to be found between psychedelics for substance use disorders and the twelve-step facilitation (TSF) program, specifically Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). Although controversial, as total abstinence is often promoted, the founder of AA (Bill Wilson) did have positive experiences with psychedelics.

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International Journal of Drug Policy
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Yaden, D. B., Berghella, A. P., Regier, P. S., Garcia-Romeu, A., Johnson, M. W., Hendricks, P. S.
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Visitors of the Dutch drug checking services: Profile and drug use experience

This survey study (n=1530) examined the demographic profiles of people who made use of drug checking services in the Netherlands in 2018 and found that most participants who acquired this service had longstanding experience and a higher lifetime prevalence of using ecstasy/MDMA than the average Dutch citizen.

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International Journal of Drug Policy
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Koning, R., Benschop, A., Wijffels, C., Noijen, J.
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Making “bad trips” good: How users of psychedelics narratively transform challenging trips into valuable experiences

This interview study (n=50) of Norwegian psychedelic users found that narrative techniques helped them deal with/recontextualize 'bad' trips.

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International Journal of Drug Policy
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Gashi, L., Sandberg, S., Pedersen, W.
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Microdosing psychedelics: Motivations, subjective effects and harm reduction

This survey study (n=525) found that the motivation for microdosing (psilocybin and LSD) was mainly to improve mental health, personal development, and cognitive enhancement. Four out of five participants used one or more harm reduction techniques on microdosing days (e.g. not dosing when unwell, no alcohol, avoiding driving).

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International Journal of Drug Policy
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Lea, T., Amada, N., Jungaberle, H., Schecke, H., Klein, M.
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‘Never drop without your significant other, cause that way lies ruin’: The boundary work of couples who use MDMA together.

This qualitative interview and diary study (n=14) investigated the context in which romantic couples use MDMA and found that it occasioned shared experiences which could modulate and enhance existing feelings of closeness in the process of being subsumed into things that couples enjoyed doing together, to the effect that it refreshed and revitalized their relationship.

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International Journal of Drug Policy
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Anderson, K., Reavey, P., Boden, Z.

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Papers Indexed
11
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106
Open Access
No
Publisher
Elsevier
Country
Netherlands
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