%0 Journal Article %J The International journal on drug policy %D 2015 %T Emergence of methadone as a street drug in St. Petersburg, Russia. %A Heimer, Robert %A Lyubimova, Aleksandra %A Barbour, Russell %A Levina, Olga S %R 10.1016/j.drugpo.2015.10.001 %X The syndemic of opioid addiction, HIV, hepatitis, tuberculosis, imprisonment, and overdose in Russia has been worsened by the illegality of opioid substitution therapy. As part of on-going serial studies, we sought to explore the influence of opioid availability on aspects of the syndemic as it has affected the city of St. Petersburg. %8 2015 Oct 19