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ENGLISH : Although methadone treatment has been available in North America for decades, only a small proportion of opiate addicts (some 25% of estimated opiate users in Canada) are receiving methadone treatment. Many users have tried methadone[...]ENGLISH : In Canada, illicit drug use and addiction have traditionally been considered as a criminal justice problem and have been addressed from a legal perspective. Over the past century, a medical approach to drug addiction has slowly crept[...]ENGLISH : Background : Methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) has been the 'gold standard' pharmacotherapy treatment for illicit opioid dependence for over 30 years. It has been widely evaluated, and is generally claimed to be 'effective'. Meth[...]M. KIRST ; G. MECREDY ; T. BORLAND ; M. CHAITON | 2014
Dans Substance Use and Misuse (Vol.49, n°13, 2014) Article : PériodiqueBACKGROUND: Young adulthood has been shown to be a time of increased substance use. Yet, not enough is known about which factors contribute to initiation and progression of substance use among young adults specifically during the transition year[...]L'usage de drogues injectables constitue un problème de santé publique et un problème social important au Canada. Ce phénomène se manifeste de plusieurs façons, englobant la transmission de maladies infectieuses, les décès dus aux overdoses, ain[...]ENGLISH : Objective : To explore how the nature youth expectancies (i.e. their underlying attitudinal and motivational factors) influence help seeking behavioural patterns for Substance Use Problems (SUP). Method: Focus groups were conducted t[...]