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Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2023 Background In May 2022, Health Canada approved a three-year exemption from the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act decriminalizing possession of certain illegal substances for personal use among adults in the province of British Columbia.
Farihah Ali +5 more
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Neuropsychopharmacology Reports, 2023 Aims Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among drug users presents an important public health problem; however, little recognition and few approaches to address this issue in Japan.
Ariyuki Kagaya +4 more
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Hepatitis C virus risk among young people who inject drugs
Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 BackgroundInjection drug use (IDU) is the leading risk factor for hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission in the U.S. While the general risk factors for HCV transmission are known, there is limited work on how these factors interact and impact young people ...
Pedro Mateu-Gelabert +8 more
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Frequency of cannabis and illicit opioid use among people who use drugs and report chronic pain: A longitudinal analysis. [PDF]
, 2019 BACKGROUND:Ecological research suggests that increased access to cannabis may facilitate reductions in opioid use and harms, and medical cannabis patients describe the substitution of opioids with cannabis for pain management. However, there is a lack of
Buxton, Jane +7 more
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BMC Psychiatry, 2023 Background Pharmacotherapy is essential for the delivery of an equivalent standard of care in prison. Prescribing can be challenging due to the complex health needs of prisoners and the risk of misuse of prescription drugs.
Louise Durand +5 more
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A comparison of attitudes toward cognitive enhancement and legalized doping in sport in a community sample of Australian adults [PDF]
, 2012 Background: This article compares public attitudes toward the use of prescription drugs for cognitive enhancement with the use of performance enhancing drugs in sport.
Hall, Wayne +2 more
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The intersectional risk environment of people who use drugs
Social Science & Medicine, 2019 Current conceptual models for examining the production of risk and harm (e.g. syndemics, 'risk environment') in substance use research have been fundamental in emphasizing broader environmental factors that shape health outcomes for people who use drugs (PWUD).
Alexandra B. Collins +3 more
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Evidence-Based Prevention Interventions for People Who Use Illicit Drugs [PDF]
Advances in Preventive Medicine, 2013 The World Drug Report of 2012 [1] reports that, globally, illicit drug use is a common occurrence and is a growing health problem in some regions. Global reporting estimates indicate that approximately 230 million people or 5% of the global adult population have used illicit drugs.
Kresina, Thomas F. +2 more
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Principles of Harm Reduction for Young People Who Use Drugs
Pediatrics, 2021 In summarizing the proceedings of a longitudinal meeting of experts on substance use disorders among adolescents and young adults, we review 2 principles of care related to harm reduction for young adults with substance use disorders. The first is that harm reduction services are critical to keeping young adults alive and healthy and can offer ...
Simeon D, Kimmel +4 more
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BMC Infectious Diseases, 2018 Background Although HIV prevalence in Cambodia has declined to 0.6% among the general population, the prevalence remains high among female sex workers (14.0%) and men who have sex with men (2.3%).
Heng Sopheab +3 more
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