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Drug-related harm coinciding with income assistance payments: results from a community-based cohort of people who use drugs

L. RICHARDSON ; H. DONG ; T. KERR ; M. J. MILLOY ; K. HAYASHI | 2021
Dans Addiction (Vol.116, n°3, March 2021) Article : Périodique

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Income assistance is critical to the health and wellbeing of socio-economically marginalized people who use illicit drugs (PWUD). However, past literature paradoxically identifies unintended increases in drug-related harm co[...]

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Impact of binge alcohol on mortality among people who inject drugs

C. JOHNSON ; H. DONG ; K. AHAMAD ; K. HAYASHI ; M. J. MILLOY ; T. KERR ; E. WOOD | 2015
Dans Addictive Behaviors Reports (Vol.2, December 2015) Article : Périodique

Introduction: While the impacts of illicit drug use on mortality have been well described, the impact of poly-substance that includes alcohol has received less attention. We examined the impact of binge alcohol use on mortality among a cohort of[...]

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Inability to access addiction treatment predicts injection initiation among street-involved youth in a Canadian setting

K. DEBECK ; T. KERR ; S. NOLAN ; H. DONG ; J. MONTANER ; E. WOOD | 2016
Dans Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy (Vol.11, n°1, 2016) Article : Périodique

BACKGROUND: Preventing injection drug use among vulnerable youth is critical for reducing serious drug-related harms. Addiction treatment is one evidence-based intervention to decrease problematic substance use; however, youth frequently report [...]

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Increasing diversion of methadone in Vancouver, Canada, 2005-2015

H. REDDON ; J. HO ; K. DEBECK ; M. J. MILLOY ; Y. LIU ; H. DONG ; K. AHAMAD ; E. WOOD ; T. KERR ; K. HAYASHI | 2018
Dans Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment (Vol.85, February 2018) Article : Périodique

Background and aim: Although methadone, an opioid agonist, has been an effective medication used to treat opioid use disorder for over 40 years, recent studies have found that methadone was identified in more than a quarter of prescription opioi[...]

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Non-fatal overdose as a risk factor for subsequent fatal overdose among people who inject drugs

A. CAUDARELLA ; H. DONG ; M. J. MILLOY ; T. KERR ; E. WOOD ; K. HAYASHI | 2016
Dans Drug and Alcohol Dependence (Vol.162, May 2016) Article : Périodique

Objectives: To examine the relationship between non-fatal overdose and risk of subsequent fatal overdose. Methods: We assessed risk factors for overdose death among two prospective cohorts of persons who inject drugs (PWID) in Vancouver, Canada[...]

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Non-medical prescription opioid use predicts injection initiation among street-involved youth

K. DEBECK ; E. WOOD ; H. DONG ; S. DOBRER ; K. HAYASHI ; J. MONTANER ; T. KERR | 2016
Dans International Journal of Drug Policy (Vol.34, August 2016) Article : Périodique

The rapid increase of non-medical prescription opioid (PO) use among youth has been described as the most alarming drug use trend in North America (Compton and Volkow, 2006, McCabe et al., 2008 and Okie, 2010). After cannabis, youth consistently[...]

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The impact of benzodiazepine use on mortality among polysubstance users in Vancouver, Canada

G. R. WALTON ; K. HAYASHI ; P. BACH ; H. DONG ; T. KERR ; K. AHAMAD ; M. J. MILLOY ; J. MONTANER ; E. WOOD | 2016
Dans Public Health Reports (Vol.131, n°3, May-June 2016) Article : Périodique

OBJECTIVE: Illicit drug use is a well-established risk factor for increased morbidity and mortality. However, little is known about the impact of benzodiazepine use on mortality among populations of polysubstance users. This study aimed to ident[...]

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