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"Hard to crack": experiences of community integration among first- and second-generation Asian MSM in Canada.

scientific article

'Delisting' OxyContin® to reduce prescription opioid-related harms in Ontario (Canada)-gauging effects 5 years later

scientific article published on 9 July 2017

12-month follow-up of an exploratory ‘brief intervention’ for high-frequency cannabis users among Canadian university students ⬇️

scientific article published on April 26, 2012

A call for greater policy and regulatory coherence for an expanding menu of legal psychoactive substances

scientific article published on 18 May 2020

A decade of extreme oscillations in opioid control and availability: implications for public health in a Canadian setting

scientific article published on 13 February 2020

A heroin prescription trial: case studies from Montreal and Vancouver on crime and disorder in the surrounding neighbourhoods.

scientific article published on 15 May 2009

A narrative review of recent developments in knowledge translation and implications for mental health care providers

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An overview of illegal opioid use and health services utilization in Canada.

scientific article published on 14 February 2006

Applying principles of injury and infectious disease control to the opioid mortality epidemic in North America: critical intervention gaps

scientific article published on 10 December 2019

Assessing the Prevalence of Nonmedical Prescription Opioid Use in the General Canadian Population: Methodological Issues and Questions ⬇️

scientific article published on September 1, 2010

Assessing the prevalence of non-medical prescription opioid use in the Canadian general adult population: evidence of large variation depending on survey questions used ⬇️

scientific article published on January 4, 2013

Barriers associated with the treatment of hepatitis C virus infection among illicit drug users.

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Benzodiazepine Use, Misuse, and Harm at the Population Level in Canada: A Comprehensive Narrative Review of Data and Developments Since 1995.

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Beyond the barriers: marking the place for marijuana use at a Canadian high school

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Canadian Association of Gastroenterology Position Statement: Use of Cannabis in Gastroenterological and Hepatic Disorders

scientific article published on 08 November 2018

Cannabis legalization with strict regulation, the overall superior policy option for public health.

scientific article

Cannabis policy: time to move beyond the psychosis debate

scientific article published on 08 April 2010

Cannabis vaping and public health--some comments on relevance and implications.

scientific article published in November 2015

Changes in and characteristics of admissions to treatment related to problematic prescription opioid use in Ontario, 2004-2009.

scientific article published in March 2010

Characteristics of clients using a community-based drug treatment service ('CAPS-AD') in Brazil: An exploratory study.

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Characterization of hepatitis B virus infection in illicit drug users in the Marajó Archipelago, northern Brazil.

scientific article published on 7 October 2016

Commentary on Fazel et al. (2017): High levels of substance use disorders among correctional inmates-some implications for interventions of the review data from Fazel et al.

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Comparing injecting and non-injecting illicit opioid users in a multisite Canadian sample (OPICAN Cohort).

scientific article published in January 2006

Comparing key characteristics of young adult crack users in and out-of-treatment in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

scientific article published on 10 January 2014

Considering the health and social welfare impacts of non-medical cannabis legalization

scientific article published on 01 June 2020

Correlations between opioid mortality increases related to illicit/synthetic opioids and reductions of medical opioid dispensing - exploratory analyses from Canada

scientific article published on 31 January 2020

Correlations between population levels of prescription opioid use and prescription-opioid-related substance use treatment admissions in the USA and Canada since 2001.

scientific article published on 5 July 2012

Correlations between population-levels of prescription opioid dispensing and related deaths in Ontario (Canada), 2005-2016

scientific article published on 11 September 2018

Correlations between prescription opioid analgesic dispensing levels and related mortality and morbidity in Ontario, Canada, 2005-2011.

scientific article

Crack across the Americas - a massive problem in continued search of viable answers: exemplary views from the North (Canada) and the South (Brazil).

scientific article published on 18 September 2013

Crack use in North American cities: the neglected 'epidemic'.

scientific article published in September 2007

Crude estimates of prescription opioid-related misuse and use disorder populations towards informing intervention system need in Canada

scientific article published on 29 May 2018

Dealing with prostitution in Canada

scientific article published on 01 January 2005

Depression - A major but neglected consequence contributing to the health toll from prescription opioids?

scientific article published in July 2016

Determinants of Property Crime Among Illicit Opiate Users Outside of Treatment Across Canada

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Determinants of health-related quality of life of opiate users at entry to low-threshold methadone programs.

scientific article published in January 2006

Driving under the influence of prescription opioids: Self-reported prevalence and association with collision risk in a large Canadian jurisdiction

scientific article published on 08 September 2018

Drug treatment courts in Canada: an evidence-based review

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Drug use, risk and urban order: examining supervised injection sites (SISs) as ‘governmentality’

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Effective Canadian policy to reduce harms from prescription opioids: learning from past failures.

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Effectiveness of secondary prevention and treatment interventions for crack-cocaine abuse: a comprehensive narrative overview of English-language studies.

scientific article published on 14 January 2015

Effects of fixed or self-titrated dosages of Sativex on cannabis withdrawal and cravings.

scientific article published on 23 February 2016

Estimating the economic value of British Columbia's domestic cannabis market: implications for provincial cannabis policy.

scientific article published on 22 October 2012

Examining correlations between opioid dispensing and opioid-related hospitalizations in Canada, 2007-2016

scientific article published on 22 July 2020

Exploring sex differences in drug use, health and service use characteristics among young urban crack users in Brazil

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Eyes wide shut?--A conceptual and empirical critique of methadone maintenance treatment.

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Facing the option for the legalisation of cannabis use and supply in New Zealand: An overview of relevant evidence, options and considerations

scientific article published on 20 May 2020

Factors associated with recidivism among adolescents girls in conflict with the law in an institution in Brasília, Federal District, Brazil

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Feasibility and impact of brief interventions for frequent cannabis users in Canada ⬇️

scientific article published on April 19, 2012

Fentanyl use among street drug users in Toronto, Canada: behavioural dynamics and public health implications.

scientific article published on 3 June 2008

Fischer et al. Respond

scientific article published in December 2017

Guidelines for public health and safety metrics to evaluate the potential harms and benefits of cannabis regulation in Canada

scientific article published on 01 September 2019

Harms of prescription opioid use in the United States.

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Hepatitis C virus infection among illicit drug users in an archipelago of the Amazon.

scientific article published on 21 November 2017

Heroin-assisted treatment (HAT) a decade later: a brief update on science and politics

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High correlations between levels of consumption and mortality related to strong prescription opioid analgesics in British Columbia and Ontario, 2005 – 2009 ⬇️

scientific article published on January 14, 2013

Illicit drug use and harms, and related interventions and policy in Canada: A narrative review of select key indicators and developments since 2000.

scientific article published on 14 August 2015

Illicit opioid use and treatment for opioid dependence: challenges for Canada and beyond.

scientific article published in September 2006

Impact of hepatitis C virus infection on all-cause and liver-related mortality in a large community-based cohort of inner city residents.

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Impact of methadone maintenance treatment on women offenders' post-release recidivism.

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Increasing public support for supervised injection facilities in Ontario, Canada.

scientific article published on 10 March 2014

Initial indicators of the public health impacts of non-medical cannabis legalization in Canada

scientific article published on 20 March 2020

Injection drug use, multiple hepatitis virus infections, and migration: a German study.

scientific article published in January 2007

Introducing the evidence-based population health tool of the Lower-Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines to Brazil

scientific article published on 01 November 2019

Legalisation of non-medical cannabis in Canada: will supply regulations effectively serve public health?

scientific article published on 5 December 2017

Low uptake of treatment for hepatitis C virus infection in a large community-based study of inner city residents.

scientific article published on 17 February 2009

MAKING SPACE FOR CANNABIS POLICY EXPERIMENTS

Methamphetamine injection independently predicts hepatitis C infection among street-involved youth in a Canadian setting

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New Zealand's 'Cannabis Legalisation and Regulation Bill': an evidence-based assessment and critique of essential regulatory components towards policy outcomes

scientific article published on 31 July 2020

Non-prescribed use of opioid substitution medication: Patterns and trends in sub-populations of opioid users in Germany.

scientific article published on 31 December 2015

Nonmedical Prescription Opioid Use and Mental Health and Pain Comorbidities: A Narrative Review ⬇️

scientific article published on August 1, 2011

Nonmedical use of prescription opioids: furthering a meaningful research agenda.

scientific article published on June 2008

Non‐medical use of prescription opioids and prescription opioid‐related harms: why so markedly higher in North America compared to the rest of the world? ⬇️

scientific article published on May 20, 2013

Nutt et al.'s harm scales for drugs--room for improvement but better policy based on science with limitations than no science at all.

scientific article published on 6 September 2011

On the relationship between epidemiology and policy.

scientific article published on 26 May 2016

Opioid-related treatment, interventions, and outcomes among incarcerated persons: A systematic review

scientific article published on 31 December 2019

Patterns of opioid and cocaine co-use: a descriptive study in a Canadian sample of untreated opioid-dependent individuals.

scientific article published in November 2005

Patterns, Changes, and Trends in Prescription Opioid Dispensing in Canada, 2005-2016

scholarly article by Benedikt Fischer et al published 1 May 2018 in Pain physician : official journal of the Association of Pain Management Anesthesiologists

Patterns, determinants and barriers of health and social service utilization among young urban crack users in Brazil.

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Policy Measures for Prescription Opioids and Harms: Enough to Protect Public Health? A Comment on Yanovitzky (2016) and Piper et al. (2016).

scientific article published in July 2016

Policy changes and the methadone maintenance treatment system for opioid dependence in Ontario, 1996 to 2001.

scientific article published in January 2005

Potential public health impacts of medical cannabis availability on opioid-related harms? Urgent but un-answered questions from Canada

scientific article published on 10 August 2019

Prescription opioid dispensing in Canada: an update on recent developments to 2018

scientific article published on 23 October 2020

Prescription opioid related misuse, harms, diversion and interventions in Canada: a review

scientific article published on July 1, 2012

Prescription opioids, abuse and public health in Canada: is fentanyl the new centre of the opioid crisis?

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Prevalence and characteristics of substance use among Chinese and south Asians in Canada.

scientific article published in January 2011

Prevalence and trends of non-medical opioid and other drug use histories among federal correctional inmates in methadone maintenance treatment in Canada.

scientific article published on 20 January 2012

Prostitutes are people too.

scientific article published in October 2005

Recent changes in trends of opioid overdose deaths in North America

scientific article published on 31 August 2020

Reflections on Pollini et al. (2017)-Implications for Interventions for Driving While Using Psychotropic Medications With Impairment Risk

scientific article published in November 2017

Routes of administration for cannabis use - basic prevalence and related health outcomes: A scoping review and synthesis

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Smoking of crack cocaine as a risk factor for HIV infection among people who use injection drugs.

scientific article published on 19 October 2009

Some notes on the use, concept and socio-political framing of 'stigma' focusing on an opioid-related public health crisis

scientific article published on 03 August 2020

Sourcing of opioid analgesics for nonmedical use: Are veterinarians the latest frontier?

scientific article published on 01 March 2018

Structural barriers in the context of opiate substitution treatment in Germany - a survey among physicians in primary care ⬇️

scientific article published on July 22, 2013

Substance Use and Related Harms among Aboriginal People in Canada: A Comprehensive Review

scientific article published on January 2015

Sustained Reduction in Sexual Behavior that May Pose a Risk of HIV Transmission Following Diagnosis During Early HIV Infection Among Gay Men in Vancouver, British Columbia.

scientific article published on 6 February 2017

The Global Diversion of Pharmaceutical Drugs Non‐medical use and diversion of psychotropic prescription drugs in North America: a review of sourcing routes and control measures ⬇️

scientific article published on September 15, 2010

The Lower-Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines' (LRCUG) recommendations: How are Canadian cannabis users complying?

scientific article published on 26 August 2020

The New Zealand Government Inquiry Into Mental Health And Addiction's recommendations on substance use: some reflections from the science perspective

scientific article published on 21 June 2019

The OPTIMA study, buprenorphine/naloxone and methadone models of care for the treatment of prescription opioid use disorder: Study design and rationale.

scientific article published on 5 April 2018

The Prevalence of Mental Health and Pain Symptoms in General Population Samples Reporting Nonmedical Use of Prescription Opioids: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis ⬇️

scientific article published on 03 October 2012

The burden of disease attributable to cannabis use in Canada in 2012.

scientific article published on 24 November 2015

The effectiveness of compulsory drug treatment: A systematic review

scientific article published on 18 December 2015

The opioid death crisis in Canada: crucial lessons for public health

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The opioid mortality epidemic in North America: do we understand the supply side dynamics of this unprecedented crisis?

scientific article published on 17 February 2020

The socio-legal dynamics and implications of `diversion'

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Thinking Beyond Legalization: The Case for Expanding Evidence-Based Options for Cannabis Use Disorder Treatment in Canada

scientific article published on 22 July 2018

Thinking the unthinkable: could the increasing misuse of prescription opioids among street drug users offer benefits for public health?

scientific article published on 20 January 2009

Tramadol dispensing patterns and trends in Canada, 2007-2016

scientific article published on 12 December 2018

Treatment for hepatitis C virus and cannabis use in illicit drug user patients: implications and questions.

scientific article published on October 2006

Typologies of cannabis users and associated characteristics relevant for public health: a latent class analysis of data from a nationally representative Canadian adult survey.

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Use and Nonmedical Use of Prescription Opioid Analgesics in the General Population of Canada and Correlations with Dispensing Levels in 2009 ⬇️

scientific article published on March 1, 2013

Use of other opioids during methadone therapy: a population‐based study ⬇️

scientific article published on January 18, 2012

‘Opioid Drought’, Canadian-style? Potential implications of the ‘natural experiment’ of delisting Oxycontin in Canada ⬇️

scientific article published on August 31, 2012

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