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Auteur E. HYSHKA |
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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[...]![]()
Article : Périodique
T. M. WATSON ; E. HYSHKA ; S. BONATO ; S. RUEDA |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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T. KERR ; W. SMALL ; E. HYSHKA ; L. MAHER ; K. SHANNON |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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A. ZONGO ; C. LEE ; J. R. B. DYCK ; J. EL-MOURAD ; E. HYSHKA ; J. G. HANLON ; D. T. EURICH |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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E. HYSHKA ; S. STRATHDEE ; E. WOOD ; T. KERR |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[...]![]()
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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N. D. GEHRING ; K. A. SPEED ; K. LAUNIER ; D. O'BRIEN ; S. CAMPBELL ; E. HYSHKA |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[...]![]()
Article : Périodique
K. A. SPEED ; N. D. GEHRING ; K. LAUNIER ; D. O'BRIEN ; S. CAMPBELL ; E. HYSHKA |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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A. D. HATHAWAY ; E. HYSHKA ; P. G. ERICKSON ; M. ASBRIDGE ; S. BROCHU ; M. M. COUSINEAU ; C. DUFF ; D. MARSH |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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B. KOSTENIUK ; G. SALVALAGGIO ; R. MCNEIL ; H. L. BROOKS ; K. DONG ; S. TWAN ; J. BROUWER ; E. HYSHKA |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[...]