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Newest firstBackground Depression, anxiety, and cannabis use are growing, interconnected primary care concerns, but remain understudied due few health systems conducting systematic cannabis use screening. This study examines cannabis use and risk of cannabis use disorder (CUD) among primary care patients, comparing outcomes by depression and anxiety diagnoses and psychotropic prescriptions. Methods We assessed past three-mont…
Open article record in new tab ↗Background Cannabis use before the COVID-19 pandemic for many involved sharing prepared cannabis for inhalation, practices that were less prevalent during the pandemic. State-level COVID-19 containment policies may have influenced this decrease. This study examined the extent to which the intensity of state-level COVID-19 policies were associated with individual-level cannabis sharing. Findings have the potential…
Open article record in new tab ↗Highlights•COVID-19 vaccine uptake was significantly lower among people who use drugs (PWUD), especially those reporting methamphetamine and fentanyl use.•Besides substance use, lower vaccine uptake was associated with younger age and belief in vaccine misinformation.•As new COVID-19 vaccines become necessary strategies to engage PWUD will be necessary. ObjectiveWe describe the prevalence of COVID-19 vaccine uptak…
Open article record in new tab ↗BackgroundCannabis use before the COVID-19 pandemic for many involved sharing prepared cannabis for inhalation, practices that were less prevalent during the pandemic. State-level COVID-19 containment policies may have influenced this decrease. This study examined the extent to which the intensity of state-level COVID-19 policies were associated with individual-level cannabis sharing. Findings have the potential t…
Open article record in new tab ↗Background Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, cannabis use social practices often involved sharing prepared cannabis (joints/blunts/cigarettes) and cannabis-related paraphernalia. Previous studies have demonstrated that sharing paraphernalia for cannabis, tobacco, and crack cocaine is a risk factor for respiratory viral and bacterial infections. Although COVID-19 is a respiratory viral infection that spreads through…
Open article record in new tab ↗BackgroundGeographic and sociodemographic characterization of hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission amongst men who have sex with men (MSM) has been limited. Our aim was to characterize HCV prevalence, risk factors for HCV co-infection, and patterns of HIV and HCV co-transmission and transmitted drug resistance mutations (DRMs) in newly HIV-diagnosed Los Angeles MSM.MethodsViral RNA was extracted from stored plasma…
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