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Article : Périodique
A. IVSINS ; C. CHOW ; S. MACDONALD ; T. STOCKWELL ; K. VALLANCE ; D. C. MARSH ; W. MICHELOW ; C. DUFF |Background: Needle and syringe programmes (NSPs) have been established as effective harm reduction initiatives to reduce injection drug use (IDU)-related risk behaviours, including sharing needles. On May 31, 2008, Victoria, BC's only fixed site[...]
Article : Périodique
A. IVSINS ; E. ROTH ; C. BENOIT ; B. FISCHER |With the increasing prevalence of crack use in Canada in the previous decade, crack pipe sharing has emerged as a public health concern, implicated in the transmission of blood- and saliva-borne infections. Drawing on qualitative research with c[...]
Article : Périodique
Substance use among marginalized populations has historically been constructed as a social problem to be managed, cured, and eliminated. Much social science research concerning drug use among marginalized populations focuses on risks and harms, [...]
Article : Périodique
G. MARTIN ; K. VALLANCE ; S. MACDONALD ; T. STOCKWELL ; A. IVSINS ; C. CHOW ; W. MICHELOW ; C. DUFF |The purpose of this study was to examine nonfatal overdose events experienced among a sample of recreational drug users. We sought to determine predictors of nonfatal overdose from alcohol and/or drugs among a sample of recreational drug users. [...]
Article : Périodique
A. IVSINS ; A. WARNOCK ; W. SMALL ; C. STRIKE ; T. KERR ; G. BARDWELL |A substantial body of evidence demonstrates that supervised consumption services (SCS) mitigate a variety of drug-related harms, including decreasing overdose deaths, infectious disease transmission, and connecting people who use drugs (PWUD) to[...]
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C. ZEISSER ; K. THOMPSON ; T. STOCKWELL ; C. DUFF ; C. CHOW ; K. VALLANCE ; A. IVSINS ; W. MICHELOW ; D. MARSH ; P. LUCAS |The 'standard drink' concept is widely used as a standardized measure of alcohol consumption. There is no equivalent measure of cannabis consumption, perhaps due to challenges such as varied joint size, tetrahydrocannabinol content, and means of[...]
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T. STOCKWELL ; J. BUXTON ; C. DUFF ; D. MARSH ; S. MACDONALD ; W. MICHELOW ; K. RICHARD ; E. SAEWYC ; R. HANSON ; I. COHEN ; R. CORRADO ; C. CHOW ; A. IVSINS ; D. NICHOLSON ; B. PAKULA ; A. PURI ; J. REHM ; STURGE J. ; A. TU ; J. ZHAO |This pilot project is a province-wide and nationally-supported collaboration intended to add value to existing monitoring and surveillance exercises that currently exist and are being developed in Canada. The fundamental aim is to create a syste[...]
Périodique
B. FISCHER ; RODOPOULOS J. ; J. REHM ; A. IVSINS | 2006Cannabis use is increasingly prevalent among young adults in Canada. Due to cannabis impairment effects, driving under the influence of cannabis has recently developed into a traffic-safety concern, yet little is known about the specific circums[...]
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A. IVSINS ; E. ROTH ; N. NAKAMURA ; M. KRAJDEN ; B. FISCHER |BACKGROUND Crack use is prevalent amongst street drug users in Canadian cities, and associated with severe drug use, health and social problems. Whilst few targeted interventions are available for crack use, the common use and sharing of hazardo[...]
