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Supervised smoking facility access, harm reduction practices, and substance use changes during the COVID-19 pandemic: a community-engaged cross-sectional study

Harm Reduction Journal, 2023
Background The potential public health benefits of supervised smoking facilities (SSFs) are considerable, and yet implementation of SSFs in North America has been slow.
Jenna van Draanen, Jonah Hamilton, Jeffrey Morgan, Scott Maxwell, Tara Taylor, Lindsey Richardson, Seonaid Nolan   +6 more
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Quality of life and substance use in Lebanese medical students [PDF]

, 2023
Background: Substance use is prevalent among medical students and could affect their academic performance. This study aimed to determine whether a relationship exists between quality of life and substance use among medical students in Lebanon.
Serhan, Fatima G., Mariana Helou, Souheil Hallit, Helou, Mariana, Akl, Michel, Soufia, Michel, Mouawad, Yara, Georges-Alain Al Tekle, Hallit, Souheil R., Michel Akl, Michel Soufia, Fatima Serhan, Al Tekle, Georges Alain, Yara Mouawad   +13 more
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The perspectives of people who use drugs regarding short term involuntary substance use care for severe substance use disorders

, 2021
Background: In the Canadian Province of British Columbia (BC), the BC Mental Health Act permits involuntary care for treating mental disorders. However, the Act has also been applied to provide involuntary care to individuals with a primary substance ...
Winston, Mark L., Pakhomova, Tatiana E., Thompson, Erica, MacPherson, Donald, Small, Will, Lou, Hayami, Vigo, Daniel V., Chau, Leena W., Erickson, Margaret   +8 more
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Is expected substance type associated with timing of drug checking service utilization?: A cross-sectional study

Harm Reduction Journal, 2021
Background Drug checking is a harm reduction intervention aiming to reduce substance use-related risks by improving drug user knowledge of the composition of unregulated drugs.
Tara Beaulieu, Evan Wood, Samuel Tobias, Mark Lysyshyn, Priya Patel, Jennifer Matthews, Lianping Ti   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Police seizure of drugs without arrest among people who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada, before provincial ‘decriminalization’ of simple possession: a cohort study

Harm Reduction Journal, 2023
Background Several jurisdictions in Canada have recently considered decriminalizing possession of illicit drugs for personal use (henceforth, simple possession) as part of their responses to the ongoing drug toxicity/overdose crisis.
Kanna Hayashi, Tyson Singh Kelsall, Caitlin Shane, Zishan Cui, Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users, M.-J. Milloy, Kora DeBeck, Thomas Kerr   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Women’s multiple uses of an overdose prevention technology to mitigate risks and harms within a supportive housing environment: a qualitative study

BMC Women's Health, 2021
Background North America is amidst an opioid overdose epidemic. In many settings, particularly Canada, the majority of overdose deaths occur indoors and impact structurally vulnerable people who use drugs alone, making targeted housing-based ...
Geoff Bardwell, Taylor Fleming, Ryan McNeil, Jade Boyd   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Community partner perspectives on the implementation of a novel safer supply program in Canada: a qualitative study of the MySafe Project

Harm Reduction Journal, 2023
Background The adulteration of the illicit drug supply with fentanyl and its analogues is driving the ongoing overdose crisis in North America. While various harm reduction interventions address overdose-related risks, there is growing interest in safer ...
Manal Mansoor, Annie Foreman-Mackey, Andrew Ivsins, Geoff Bardwell   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mental health and substance use problems among patients in substance use disorder treatment as reported by patients versus treatment personnel [PDF]

, 2015
Objective: We examined and compared mental health and substance use problems among patients in substance use disorder treatment as reported by both patients and treatment personnel, and explored the feasibility of the quadrant model in addressing ...
Gråwe, R.W., Hagen, R., Bergly, T.H.
core   +1 more source

A systematic review of substance use and substance use disorder research in Kenya [PDF]

PLOS ONE, 2021
Objectives The burden of substance use in Kenya is significant. The objective of this study was to systematically summarize existing literature on substance use in Kenya, identify research gaps, and provide directions for future research. Methods This systematic review was conducted in line with the PRISMA guidelines.
Florence Jaguga, Sarah Kanana Kiburi, Eunice Temet, Julius Barasa, Serah Karanja, Lizz Kinyua, Edith Kwobah   +6 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Determining the primary endpoints for diagnostic test accuracy reviews of substance use disorders

, 2020
Diagnostic test accuracy reviews increasingly are being used in substance use research, yet the majority of the studies considered in these reviews do not account appropriately for the primary endpoints of interest.
Wood, Evan, Dormuth, Colin, Klimas, Jan
core   +1 more source