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The International journal on drug policy |
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J. A. MCLAREN ; E. SILINS ; D. HUTCHINSON ; R. P. MATTICK ; W. HALL |Over the past five years, the release of cohort studies assessing the link between cannabis and psychosis has increased attention on this relationship. Existing reviews generally conclude that these cohort studies show cannabis has a causal rela[...]![]()
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M. GENEREUX ; J. BRUNEAU ; M. DANIEL |BACKGROUND: Area-level socioeconomic conditions are associated with epidemic rates of viral hepatitis and HIV amongst urban injection drug users (IDUs), but whether specific socioeconomic markers are uniformly related to IDU outcomes across diff[...]![]()
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BACKGROUND: A supervised injection facility (SIF) has been established in North America: Insite, in Vancouver, British Columbia. The purpose of this paper is to conduct a cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit analysis of this SIF using secondary d[...]![]()
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BACKGROUND: This research examined the prevalence of drinking and cannabis use among adolescents in the United States, Canada, and the Netherlands, countries with substantially different laws and policies relating to these substances. METHODS: L[...]![]()
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BACKGROUND: 'Party' pills containing benzylpiperazine (BZP) and trifluoromethylphenylpiperazine (TFMPP) were sold legally in New Zealand until early 2008. Prospective studies of hospital emergency department admissions appeared to suggest that t[...]![]()
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T. KOLIND ; V. A. FRANK ; H. DAHL |BACKGROUND: The availability of prison-based drug treatment has increased markedly throughout Europe over the last 15 years in terms of both volume and programme diversity. However, prison drug treatment faces problems and challenges because of [...]![]()
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B. LASNIER ; S. BROCHU ; N. BOYD ; B. FISCHER |BACKGROUND: This study evaluates whether the instauration of a heroin prescription trial ('NAOMI') generated an impact on the occurrence of crime and disorder in surrounding areas. The clinical trial was initiated in Vancouver and Montreal in 20[...]![]()
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A. TALU ; Rajaleid K ; K. ABEL-OLLO ; K. RÜÜTEL ; Rahu M ; T. RHODES ; L. PLATT ; Bobrova N ; A. UUSKULA |BACKGROUND: Following a heroin shortage, fentanyl and 3-methylfentanyl, known as "China White" and "White Persian", have become the most widely used drugs, along with amphetamine, among injecting drug users (IDUs) in Tallinn, Estonia. METHODS: I[...]![]()
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Krusi A ; E. WOOD ; J. MONTANER ; T. KERR |Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has dramatically improved health outcomes among people living with HIV/AIDS. However, significant rates of HIV-related morbidity and mortality have persisted among HIV-positive injection drug users (I[...]![]()
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BACKGROUND: Genital ulcer disease (GUD), including syphilis, is an important cause of morbidity in low and middle income (LMI) countries and syphilis transmission is associated with HIV transmission. METHODS: We conducted a literature review to [...]![]()
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BACKGROUND: The legislation on psychoactive substances has a role to play with regard to shaping social values and influencing the normalisation of drug use. In New Zealand from 2005 to 2008, benzylpiperazine-containing 'legal' party pills (BZP-[...]![]()
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J. A. PETERSON ; R. P. SCHWARTZ ; S. G. MITCHELL ; H. S. REISINGER ; S. M. KELLY ; K. E. O'GRADY ; B. S. BROWN ; M. H. AGAR |BACKGROUND: Despite the proven effectiveness of methadone treatment, the majority of heroin-dependent individuals are out-of-treatment. METHODS: Twenty-six opioid-dependent adults who met the criteria for methadone maintenance who were neither s[...]