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Presence Current · Arkansas
Last published 2025
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Yamilka Stivers

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Researcher

Also affiliated: Nova Southeastern University (2013)

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2 h-index 4 pubs 120 cited

  • Drug Prescriptions
  • Analgesics, Opioid
  • Florida
  • Humans
  • Opioid-Related Disorders
  • Public Health Surveillance
  • Prescription Drug Diversion

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Yamilka Stivers investigates the diversion and non-medical use of pharmaceutical substances, with a focus on law enforcement perspectives and regulatory data. Her research examines gabapentin and pharmaceutical stimulants, analyzing trends from 2002 to 2022 using national samples of law enforcement and regulatory agencies. Stivers has published four papers and has been cited 120 times, with an h-index of 2. She has collaborated with Mance E. Buttram and Samantha Robinson, both from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, on multiple publications. Her recent work explores the experiences of law enforcement with gabapentin and provides data on pharmaceutical stimulant diversion from 2002-2022.

Metrics

  • h-index: 2
  • Publications: 4
  • Citations: 120

Selected Publications

  • Pharmaceutical stimulant diversion, 2002–2022: data from a national sample of law enforcement and regulatory agencies in the US (2025)
    Drugs Education Prevention and Policy DOI OpenAlex
  • Pharmaceutical Stimulant Diversion, 2002-2022: Data from a National Sample of Law Enforcement and Regulatory Agencies (2025)
    Drug and Alcohol Dependence DOI OpenAlex
  • Law enforcement experiences with gabapentin: non-medical use, diversion, and state controlled substances laws (2023)
    Journal of Substance Use 2 citations DOI OpenAlex

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Collaboration Network

6 Collaborators 3 Institutions 1 Country

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