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Applying a social determinants of health perspective to early adolescent cannabis use - An overview

E. HYSHKA | 2013
Dans Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy (Vol.20, n°2, April 2013) Article : Périodique

Cannabis is the most widely used illicit drug in the world. Although the risk of problematic cannabis use is relatively low, the lifetime prevalence of dependence is greater than for all other illicit drugs. As such, the population burden of pro[...]

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Early-stage cannabis regulatory policy planning across Canada's four largest provinces: A descriptive overview

T. M. WATSON ; E. HYSHKA ; S. BONATO ; S. RUEDA | 2019
Dans Substance Use and Misuse (Vol.54, n°10, 2019) Article : Périodique

Background: Observing and documenting major shifts in drug policy in a given jurisdiction offer important lessons for other settings worldwide. After nearly a century of prohibition of non-medical use and sale of cannabis, Canada federally legal[...]

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"It's more about the heroin": injection drug users' response to an overdose warning campaign in a Canadian setting

T. KERR ; W. SMALL ; E. HYSHKA ; L. MAHER ; K. SHANNON | 2013
Dans Addiction (Vol.108, n°7, July 2013) Article : Périodique

AIMS. To assess heroin injectors' perceptions of and responses to a warning issued by public health officials regarding high-potency heroin and increases in fatal overdoses. DESIGN. Semi-structured qualitative interviews. SETTING. Vancouver,[...]

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Medical cannabis authorization and the risk of cardiovascular events: a longitudinal cohort study

A. ZONGO ; C. LEE ; J. R. B. DYCK ; J. EL-MOURAD ; E. HYSHKA ; J. G. HANLON ; D. T. EURICH | 2021
Dans BMC Cardiovascular Disorders (Vol.21, n°1, 2021) Article : Périodique

Background: Cannabis is increasingly used for therapeutic purpose. However, its safety profile is not well known. This study assessed the risk of cardiovascular-related emergency department (ED) visit and hospitalization in adult patients author[...]

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Needle exchange and the HIV epidemic in Vancouver: Lessons learned from 15 years of research

E. HYSHKA ; S. STRATHDEE ; E. WOOD ; T. KERR | 2012
Dans International Journal of Drug Policy (Vol.23, n°4, July 2012) Article : Périodique

During the mid-1990s, Vancouver experienced a well characterized HIV outbreak among injection drug users (IDU) and many questioned how this could occur in the presence of a high volume needle exchange program (NEP). Specific concerns were fuelle[...]

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Prospects for scaling-up supervised injection facilities in Canada: the role of evidence in legal and political decision-making

E. HYSHKA ; T. BUBELA ; T. C. WILD | 2013
Dans Addiction (Vol.108, n°3, March 2013) Article : Périodique

Background: North America's first supervised injection facility - Insite - opened in Vancouver in 2003 under a special federal legal exemption. Insite has faced significant political and legal opposition, which culminated in a recent Supreme Cou[...]

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Substance use as a public health issue: A critical review of the Canadian literature, 1896-2020

J. F. CREPAULT ; B. EMERSON ; E. HYSHKA ; C. STRIKE ; R. ROOM ; J. REHM | 2024
Dans International Journal of Drug Policy (Vol.134, December 2024) Article : Périodique

Background: The risks associated with substance use can be framed in many ways. In Canada, the consumption of psychoactive substances has at various times been considered a moral, criminal, or medical issue. In the past decade, substance use has[...]

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The state of science on including inhalation within supervised consumption services: A scoping review of academic and grey literature

N. D. GEHRING ; K. A. SPEED ; K. LAUNIER ; D. O'BRIEN ; S. CAMPBELL ; E. HYSHKA | 2022
Dans International Journal of Drug Policy (Vol.102, April 2022) Article : Périodique

Background: Internationally, many supervised consumption services (SCS) include drug inhalation (smoking). However, most research is focused on SCS for people who inject drugs. We aimed to: (1) synthesize the literature on including inhalation o[...]

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To what extent do supervised drug consumption services incorporate non-injection routes of administration? A systematic scoping review documenting existing facilities

K. A. SPEED ; N. D. GEHRING ; K. LAUNIER ; D. O'BRIEN ; S. CAMPBELL ; E. HYSHKA | 2020
Dans Harm Reduction Journal (Vol.17, 2020) Article : Périodique

Background: Most of the existing research on supervised consumption services (SCS) is focused on injection drug use. Less is known about the applicability of SCS for people who consume drugs orally, intranasally, or through inhalation. This is p[...]

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Whither RDS? An investigation of Respondent Driven Sampling as a method of recruiting mainstream marijuana users

A. D. HATHAWAY ; E. HYSHKA ; P. G. ERICKSON ; M. ASBRIDGE ; S. BROCHU ; M. M. COUSINEAU ; C. DUFF ; D. MARSH | 2010
Dans Harm Reduction Journal (Vol.7, n°15, 2010) Article : Périodique

BACKGROUND: An important challenge in conducting social research of specific relevance to harm reduction programs is locating hidden populations of consumers of substances like cannabis who typically report few adverse or unwanted consequences o[...]

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"You don’t have to squirrel away in a staircase": Patient motivations for attending a novel supervised drug consumption service in acute care

B. KOSTENIUK ; G. SALVALAGGIO ; R. MCNEIL ; H. L. BROOKS ; K. DONG ; S. TWAN ; J. BROUWER ; E. HYSHKA | 2021
Dans International Journal of Drug Policy (Vol.96, October 2021) Article : Périodique

Background: Acute care hospitals have been described as a high risk environment for people who use drugs (PWUD). Formal and informal bans on drug use can lead patients to conceal their use and consume under unsafe circumstances. Provision of hos[...]

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