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Hydra: Lessons from the world’s largest darknet market

Autors present a comprehensive description of Hydra, the largest darknet marketplace in the world until its shutdown in April 2022. Read more

A mindfulness-based, stress and coping model of craving in methamphetamine users

There is increasing interest in the role of mindfulness and mindfulness-based interventions to optimize recovery from a substance use disorder (SUD). However, relatively little is known about the theory-based psychological and social pathways whereby mindfulness could have beneficial effects for managing a chronic, relapsing SUD. Read more

Gender Differences in the Relationship between Methamphetamine Use and High-risk Sexual Behavior among Prisoners: A Nationwide, Cross-sectional Survey in Japan

This study aimed to examine the relationship between methamphetamine (MA) use and high-risk sexual behavior among newly incarcerated prisoners in Japan. Read more

Information sought, information shared

Exploring performance and image enhancing drug user-facilitated harm reduction information in online forums. Read more

Monitoring drug trends in the digital environment: New methods, challenges and the opportunities provided by automated approaches

Developments in information technology have impacted on all areas of modern life and in particular facilitated the growth of globalisation in commerce and communication. Within the drugs area this means that both drugs discourse and drug markets have become increasingly digitally enabled. In response to this, new methods are being developed that attempt to research and monitor the digital environment. Read more

Technologies for Opioid Use Disorder Management: Mobile App Search and Scoping Review

Advances in technology engender the investigation of technological solutions to opioid use disorder (OUD). However, in comparison to chronic disease management, the application of mobile health (mHealth) to OUD has been limited. Read more

Virtual ‘spotting’ could help keep drug users safe during COVID-19

A group of researchers at the University of Toronto and the Canadian Association of People Who Use Drugs are studying a remote supervised-consumption model known as “spotting” to understand its benefits among people who use drugs during the pandemic. Read more

Use of mobile phones to buy and sell illicit drugs in Australia

This study explores how police detainees in Australia use mobile phones within the illicit drug market. Read more