ArticleDrug and alcohol dependence2018
Loaded: Gun involvement among opioid users.
Article in Drug and alcohol dependence, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Firearm violence victimization in the United States: do drug preferences matter?Preventive medicine reports · 2026Article
- Dual pandemic of firearm injury and COVID-19 in Central and Southeastern Ohio: An interrupted time series analysis.PloS one · 2026Article
- Dual pandemic of firearm injury and COVID-19 in Central and Southeastern Ohio: An interrupted time series analysis.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025Article
- Assessing Links Between Alcohol Exposure and Firearm Violence: A Scoping Review Update.Alcohol research : current reviews · 2025Article
- Prevalence of prescription and illicit drugs in suicides by non-poisoning means in the National Violent Death Reporting System 2003-2017.The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse · 2022Article
- Dual public health crises: the overlap of drug overdose and firearm injury in Indianapolis, Indiana, 2018-2020.Injury epidemiology · 2022Article
- Reported firearm access among patients admitted to a dual diagnosis medically-assisted withdrawal unit over five years.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2022Article
- Risk behaviors among persons civilly committed for opioid use.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2022Review
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Abstract
introductionDespite ample research examining how alcohol use relates to gun involvement, little is known about the relationship between opioids and gun involvement. In the current study, we examined correlates of gun possession, accessibility, and related behaviors in an opioid dependent sample.
methodsBetween October 2016 and April 2017, we surveyed persons entering a brief, inpatient opioid detoxification (n = 386) and 51 contemporaneous persons seeking alcohol detoxification at the same facility in Massachusetts and recorded their lifetime experiences with gun involvement.
resultsParticipants averaged 33 years of age, 74% were male, 83% were White, and 64% had a history of incarceration. Opioid users had significantly higher rates of gun involvement than persons in alcohol detoxification; for example, 31.3% (vs. 3.9%) had carried a gun for protection, 45.1% (vs. 25.5%) had been threatened with a gun, and 13.8% (vs. 2.0%) had shot at another person. Among persons misusing opioids, male and non-White respondents, and those with a history of incarceration or poorer self-control reported greater gun involvement.
conclusionsOpioid users, both men and women, lead gun-involved lives.
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