Emmert Roberts

Sep 10, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Emmert Roberts |Caroline Copeland |Shane Darke |Michael Farrell

Recent media reports highlight that unintentional drug-related fatalities can occur while individuals are immersed in water in domestic settings. Over the last two decades in the United Kingdom there has been a mean of six unintentional drug-related deaths each year where individuals were found in a bath or hot tub. Multiple drug toxicity was implicated in the majority of cases, with opioids implicated in over half of all fatalities.

Jan 25, 2024 | cambridge.org | Emmert Roberts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 January 2024 Keywords Cannabislegalisationpolicyhealth harmsaddiction Type BJPsych Editorial Information The British Journal of Psychiatry , First View , pp. 1 - 2 Copyright Copyright © The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Royal College of Psychiatrists Over the past 10 years several jurisdictions worldwide have legalised the regulated sale and recreational use of cannabis products.

Jul 31, 2023 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Emmert Roberts |Keith Humphreys

Abstract After years of minimal innovation in pharmacotherapeutics, impressive outcomes in the treatment of opioid use disorder are being obtained from a new way of delivering an old medication; long-acting injectable formulations of buprenorphine appear to produce compelling reductions in relapse to illicit opioid use not only during use but also following depot discontinuation.

Jul 31, 2023 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Emmert Roberts |Keith Humphreys

Abstract After years of minimal innovation in pharmacotherapeutics, impressive outcomes in the treatment of opioid use disorder are being obtained from a new way of delivering an old medication; long-acting injectable formulations of buprenorphine appear to produce compelling reductions in relapse to illicit opioid use not only during use but also following depot discontinuation.