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An integrated knowledge mobilization approach to substance use health [PDF]

Health Research Policy and Systems
The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) has a mandate to provide national leadership in evidence-informed analysis and knowledge mobilization to advance solutions that reduce substance-related harms. Doing this work effectively requires
Sheena Taha, Shea Wood, Chandni Sondagar, Eftyhia Helis, Doris Payer, Miguel Hernandez-Basurto   +5 more
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Problematic substance use or problematic substance use policies? [PDF]

Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada, 2020
This special issue on substance use issues comes at a critical time for Canadian health policy makers and researchers. Most attention is currently focussed on the opioid crisis and the potential impacts of cannabis legalization. However, our most widely used and harmful substances continue to be alcohol and nicotine.
Adam Sherk, Kiffer G. Card, Cecilia Benoit, Tim Stockwell   +3 more
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Experiences of violence during the COVID-19 pandemic among people who use drugs in a Canadian setting: a gender-based cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health, 2023
Objectives People who use drugs (PWUD) experience disproportionately high rates of violent victimization. Emerging research has demonstrated that the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated violence against some priority populations (e.g., women), however ...
Anmol Swaich, Lindsey Richardson, Zishan Cui, Kora DeBeck, M-J Milloy, Thomas Kerr, Kanna Hayashi   +6 more
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The relationship between opioid agonist therapy satisfaction and fentanyl exposure in a Canadian setting

Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 2021
Background While patient-reported treatment dissatisfaction is considered an important factor in determining the success of substance use disorder treatment, the levels of dissatisfaction with opioid agonist therapies (OAT) and its relationship with the ...
Lindsay Mackay, Thomas Kerr, Nadia Fairbairn, Cameron Grant, M.-J. Milloy, Kanna Hayashi   +5 more
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on access to supervised consumption programs

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2023
Background Supervised consumption sites (SCS) and overdose prevention sites (OPS) have been increasingly implemented in response to the ongoing overdose epidemic in Canada. Although there has been a dramatic increase in overdose deaths since the start of
Emili Gubskaya, Mary Clare Kennedy, Kanna Hayashi, Zishan Cui, M-J Milloy, Thomas Kerr   +5 more
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The effect of depressive symptoms on pain in a substance-using population with persistent pain: a cross-sectional cohort study

BMC Psychiatry, 2021
Background In light of the ongoing opioid overdose crisis, there is an urgent need for research on the impacts of mental health among people presenting with concurrent pain and substance use.
Pauline Voon, Jin Cheol Choi, Kanna Hayashi, M-J Milloy, Jane Buxton, Thomas Kerr   +5 more
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Factors associated with drug checking service utilization among people who use drugs in a Canadian setting

Harm Reduction Journal, 2020
Background The United States and Canada are amidst an opioid overdose crisis, with the Canadian province of British Columbia (BC) among the hardest hit. In response, drug checking services (DCS) have been introduced in this setting as a novel pilot harm ...
Viseth Long, Jaime Arredondo, Lianping Ti, Cameron Grant, Kora DeBeck, M-J Milloy, Mark Lysyshyn, Evan Wood, Thomas Kerr, Kanna Hayashi   +9 more
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The impact of PSTD on service access among people who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2021
Background Settings throughout the United States and Canada are contending with high rates of drug-related overdose. This in turn has prompted efforts to more effectively engage people who use drugs (PWUD) in treatment and care.
Annemarie Goytan, William Lee, Huiru Dong, Kanna Hayashi, M. J. Milloy, Thomas Kerr   +5 more
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Substance use disorders

Medicine, 2012
Drug misuse is widespread in the UK and causes significant morbidity and mortality. It is clearly important to know how to assess and manage substance use disorders, particularly to know about treatments for heroin addiction. In this article, we examine the principles of identifying and managing drug addiction, and consider in some detail the ...
Sheila Specker, Robert H. Albers
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Polysubstance use poisoning deaths in Canada: an analysis of trends from 2014 to 2017 using mortality data

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background Over the past decade, rates of drug poisoning deaths have increased dramatically in Canada. Current evidence suggests that the non-medical use of synthetic opioids, stimulants and patterns of polysubstance use are major factors contributing to
Sarah Konefal, Adam Sherk, Bridget Maloney-Hall, Matthew Young, Pam Kent, Emily Biggar   +5 more
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