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Public or private religiosity: which Is protective for adolescent substance use and by what pathways? [PDF]

, 2016
While it is well understood that adolescent religiosity is associated with the use and abuse of licit and illicit substances, few studies have revealed the pathways through which religiosity buffers youth against involvement in such behavior.
Clark, Trenette T., Maynard, Brandy R., Salas-Wright, Christopher P., Snyder, Susanna, Vaughn, Michael G.   +4 more
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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

The impact of drug treatment courts on recovery: a systematic review [PDF]

, 2013
Introduction. Earlier reviews regarding the effectiveness of Drug Treatment Courts (DTCs) reported a reduction in reoffending and substance use. Although substance users suffer from other difficulties than drug use and judicial issues, none of these ...
De Ruyver, Brice, Dekkers, Anne, Vander Laenen, Freya, Vanderplasschen, Wouter, Wittouck, Ciska   +4 more
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Detecting a signal in the noise : Monitoring the global spread of novel psychoactive substances using media and other open source information [PDF]

, 2015
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no ...
Canadian Community Epidemiology Network On Drug Use, Center for Substance Abuse Research, European Monitoring Centre For Drugs And Drug Addiction, Sumnall H   +3 more
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Inability to contact opioid agonist therapy prescribers during the COVID-19 pandemic in a Canadian setting: a cross-sectional analysis among people on opioid agonist therapy

Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 2022
Background The COVID-19 pandemic and consequent public health response may have undermined key responses to the protracted drug poisoning crisis, including reduced access to opioid agonist therapy (OAT) among people with opioid use disorder.
Soroush Moallef, Kora DeBeck, Nadia Fairbairn, Zishan Cui, Rupinder Brar, Dean Wilson, Cheyenne Johnson, M.-J. Milloy, Kanna Hayashi   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Role of Personality in Predicting Drug and Alcohol Use Among Sexual Minorities [PDF]

, 2015
Research consistently demonstrates that sexual minority status is associated with increased risk of problematic substance use. Existing literature in this area has focused on group-specific minority stress factors (e.g., victimization and internalized ...
Cochran, Bryan N., Heck, Nicholas C., Livingston, Nicholas A., Oost, Kathyrn M.   +3 more
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Harm reduction calls to action from young people who use drugs on the streets of Vancouver and Lisbon

Harm Reduction Journal, 2022
Vancouver, Canada, and Lisbon, Portugal, are both celebrated for their world-leading harm reduction policies and programs and regarded as models for other cities contending with the effects of increasing levels of drug use in the context of growing urban
Joana Canêdo, Kali-olt Sedgemore, Kelly Ebbert, Haleigh Anderson, Rainbow Dykeman, Katey Kincaid, Claudia Dias, Diana Silva, Youth Health Advisory Council, Reith Charlesworth, Rod Knight, Danya Fast   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

DSM-5 criteria for substance use disorders: recommendations and rationale. [PDF]

, 2013
Since DSM-IV was published in 1994, its approach to substance use disorders has come under scrutiny. Strengths were identified (notably, reliability and validity of dependence), but concerns have also arisen.
Auriacombe, Marc, Borges, Guilherme, Bucholz, Kathleen, Budney, Alan, Compton, Wilson M, Crowley, Thomas, Grant, Bridget F, Hasin, Deborah S, Ling, Walter, O'Brien, Charles P, Petry, Nancy M, Schuckit, Marc   +11 more
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The association of family and peer factors with tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana use among Chilean adolescents in neighborhood context [PDF]

, 2011
Research on adolescent use of substances has long sought to understand the family factors that may be associated with use of different substances such as alcohol, tobacco and marijuana.
Andrew Grogan-Kaylor, Cristina Bares, Jorge Delva, Pilar Horner, Pilar Horner   +4 more
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Housing-based syringe services programs to improve access to safer injecting equipment for people who inject drugs in Vancouver, Canada: a spatially oriented qualitative study

Harm Reduction Journal, 2023
Background Housing environments shape injection drug-related risks and harms and thus represent a critical implementation setting for syringe services programs (SSPs).
Koharu Loulou Chayama, Cara Ng, Taylor Fleming, Will Small, Kimberly L. Sue, Ryan McNeil   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source