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Auteur J. A. BUXTON |
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Article : Périodique
Background: Regional health bodies in British Columbia (BC) issue drug alerts to the public when health risks associated with drug quality are identified, such as increased illicit drug deaths, overdoses or other harms. There is a lack of eviden[...]![]()
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J. L. BOTTORFF ; L. J. BISSELL ; L. G. BALNEAVES ; J. L. OLIFFE ; H. B. KANG ; N. R. CAPLER ; J. A. BUXTON ; R. K. O'BRIEN |FRANÇAIS : Cette étude qualitative a pour but de comprendre de quelle façon les individus disant faire usage de cannabis à des fins thérapeutiques perçoivent les effets de celle-ci sur leur santé. Les données provenant de 23 entretiens individu[...]![]()
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M. S. KRIEGER ; J. L. YEDINAK ; J. A. BUXTON ; M. LYSYSHYN ; E. BERNSTEIN ; J. D. RICH ; T. C. GREEN ; S. E. HADLAND ; B. D. L. MARSHALL |Background: Synthetic opioid overdose mortality among young adults has risen more than 300% in the USA since 2013, primarily due to the contamination of heroin and other drugs with illicitly manufactured fentanyl. Rapid test strips, which can be[...]![]()
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Background: Although income assistance is an important source of support for low income individuals, there is evidence that adverse outcomes may increase when payments are disbursed on the same day for all recipients. The objective of this study[...]![]()
Périodique
V. BUNGAY ; L. MALCHY ; J. A. BUXTON ; J. JOHNSON ; D. MACPHERSON ; T. ROSENFELD | 2006ENGLISH : Crystal methamphetamine (CM) is a psychoactive form of methamphetamine whose effects include euphoria, alertness, restlessness, feelings of endless energy, sleep deprivation, depression, paranoia, acute psychosis, and malnutrition. C[...]![]()
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Background: Engaging people with drug use experience, or 'peers,' in decision-making helps to ensure harm reduction services reflect current need. There is little published on the implementation, evaluation, and effectiveness of meaningful peer [...]![]()
Article : Périodique
A. CRABTREE ; G. MERCER ; R. HORAN ; S. GRANT ; T. TAN ; J. A. BUXTON |BACKGROUND: Blue lights are sometimes placed in public washrooms to discourage injection drug use. Their effectiveness has been questioned and concerns raised that they are harmful but formal research on the issue is limited to a single study. W[...]![]()
Article : Périodique
H. GOHIL ; M. MISKOVIC ; J. A. BUXTON ; S. P. HOLLAND ; C. STRIKE |ISSUES: Use of crack cocaine and associated medical complications persists globally. Some reports in medical literature describe a sight-threatening condition commonly referred to as 'crack eye' or 'crack eye syndrome'. The purpose of this revie[...]![]()
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M. M. YOUNG ; T. PIRIE ; J. A. BUXTON ; S. HOSEIN |FRANÇAIS : L'information recueillie, synthétisée et diffusée par le Réseau communautaire canadien d'épidémiologie des toxicomanies (RCCET) concernant l'apparition du fentanyl ou d'analogues du fentanyl sur le marché illicite est présentée comme[...]![]()
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M. KRAJDEN ; D. A. COOK ; S. WONG ; A. YU ; Z. A. BUTT ; C. ROSSI ; M. DARVISHIAN ; M. ALVAREZ ; J. A. BUXTON ; M. TYNDALL ; N. Z. JANJUA |Background: Persons with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection are at risk of mortality from both chronic liver disease and HCV acquisition risk activities. We compared causes of death among HCV positive and negative individuals to characterize cont[...]