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N. GIESBRECHT ; A. WETTLAUFER ; T. STOCKWELL ; K. VALLANCE ; C. CHOW ; N. APRIL ; M. ASBRIDGE ; R. CALLAGHAN ; S. CUKIER ; G. HYNES ; R. E. MANN ; R. SOLOMON ; G. THOMAS ; K. THOMPSON |INTRODUCTION: Policy changes may contribute to increased alcohol-related risks to populations. These include privatisation of alcohol retailing, which influences density of alcohol outlets, location of outlets, hours of sale and prevention of al[...]![]()
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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[...]![]()
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K. VALLANCE ; T. STOCKWELL ; J. ZHAO ; S. SHOKAR ; N. SCHOUERI-MYCHASIW ; D. HAMMOND ; T. K. GREENFIELD ; J. MCGAVOCK ; A. WEERASINGHE ; E. HOBIN |OBJECTIVE: Evidence-informed alcohol warning labels (AWLs) are a promising, well-targeted strategy to increase consumer awareness of health risks. We assessed consumers' baseline knowledge of alcohol-related cancer risk, standard drinks, and low[...]![]()
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T. STOCKWELL ; R. SOLOMON ; P. O'BRIEN ; K. VALLANCE ; E. HOBIN |Although the World Health Organization (WHO) declared alcohol a Class 1 carcinogen 30 years ago, few governments have communicated this fact to the public. We illustrate how alcohol industry groups seek to keep their customers in the dark about [...]![]()
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S. MACDONALD ; C. J. CHERPITEL ; T. STOCKWELL ; G. MARTIN ; S. ISHIGURO ; K. VALLANCE ; J. BRUBACHER |The purpose of this study was to assess the concordance of self-reports of cannabis, cocaine and amphetamines usage, with a saliva point-of-collection drug test, the DrugWipe 5+, in an emergency department (ED) setting. Methods: A random sampl[...]![]()
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N. SCHOUERI-MYCHASIW ; A. WEERASINGHE ; K. VALLANCE ; T. STOCKWELL ; J. ZHAO ; D. HAMMOND ; J. MCGAVOCK ; T. K. GREENFIELD ; C. PARADIS ; E. HOBIN |OBJECTIVE: Alcohol labels are one strategy for communicating health information to consumers. This study tested the extent to which consumers recalled alcohol labels with national drinking guidelines and examined the impact of labels on awarenes[...]![]()
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K. VALLANCE ; A. VINCENT ; N. SCHOUERI-MYCHASIW ; T. STOCKWELL ; D. HAMMOND ; T. K. GREENFIELD ; J. MCGAVOCK ; E. HOBIN |OBJECTIVE: Media coverage of alcohol-related policy measures can influence public debate and is often more aligned with interests of the alcohol industry than public health. The purpose of this study was to examine the framing of news coverage o[...]![]()
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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. [...]![]()
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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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A. WETTLAUFER ; K. VALLANCE ; C. CHOW ; T. STOCKWELL ; N. GIESBRECHT ; N. APRIL ; M. ASBRIDGE ; R. C. CALLAGHAN ; S. CUKIER ; G. HYNES ; R. MANN ; R. SOLOMON ; G. THOMAS ; K. THOMPSON | Victoria, BC : University of Victoria, Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research | 2019FRANÇAIS : Les coûts économiques annuels de la consommation d'alcool au Canada en 2014 ont été évalués à 14,6 milliards de dollars. Ils sont principalement attribuables aux répercussions sur les services de santé, l'application de la loi et la [...]![]()
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J. ZHAO ; T. STOCKWELL ; K. VALLANCE ; E. HOBIN |OBJECTIVE: There is limited evidence that alcohol warning labels (AWLs) affect population alcohol consumption. New evidence-informed AWLs were introduced in the sole government-run liquor store in Whitehorse, Yukon, that included a cancer warnin[...]![]()
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J. ZHAO ; T. STOCKWELL ; G. MARTIN ; S. MACDONALD ; K. VALLANCE ; A. TRENO ; W. R. PONICKI ; A. TU |Aim: To investigate relationships between periodic increases in minimum alcohol prices, changing densities of liquor stores and alcohol-attributable (AA) deaths in British Columbia, Canada. Design: Cross-section (16 geographic areas) versus ti[...]