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Substance use capital: Social resources enhancing youth substance use [PDF]

Revue d'Épidémiologie et de Santé Publique, 2016
Social capital is described as a protective factor against youth substance use, but it may also be associated with behaviours that do not enhance health. The present study hypothesized that 'substance use capital', i.e. resources favourable to substance use, is a risk factor for substance use and misuse.We used baseline data from the ongoing Cohort ...
Baggio, S., Mohler-Kuo, M., Dupuis, M., Henchoz, Y., Studer, J., N'Goran, A.A., Gmel, G.   +6 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Illicit substance use among university students from seven European countries: A comparison of personal and perceived peer use and attitudes towards illicit substance use [PDF]

, 2014
Objective: To compare European students' personal use and approval of illicit substance use with their perceptions of peer behaviours and attitudes, and investigate whether perceptions of peer norms are associated with personal use of illicit substances ...
Ali, Arbour-Nicitopoulos, B. Vriesacker, B.M. Bewick, Berkowitz, Boot, Borsari, Buckner, C. Stock, European Monitoring Centre for Drugs, Drug Addiction (EMCDDA), European Monitoring Centre for Drugs, Drug Addiction (EMCDDA), European Monitoring Centre for Drugs, Drug Addiction (EMCDDA), F. Guillen-Grima, F. Salonna, G. Van Hal, H. Zeeb, Humeniuk, J. McAlaney, Kilmer, Kypri, Larimer, Lintonen, Martens, McAlaney, Neighbors, Neighbors, Page, Perkins, Perkins, Perkins, Perkins, Perkins, Pischke, Prince, R.C. Dempsey, R.T. Mikolajczyk, S.M. Helmer, UN Office on Drugs, Crime (UNODC), Wolfson, Y. Akvardar   +39 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

Adolescent Substance Use and the Brain: Behavioral, Cognitive and Neuroimaging Correlates

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2020
Adolescence is an important ontogenetic period that is characterized by behaviors such as enhanced novelty-seeking, impulsivity, and reward preference, which can give rise to an increased risk for substance use.
Shahnaza Hamidullah, H. Thorpe, Jude A. Frie, R. Mccurdy, J. Khokhar   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Clustering of sex and substance use behaviours in adolescence [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND Adolescents often experiment with substance use and sexual activity, which can impact upon their health and well-being, and establish harmful patterns of behavior which continue into adulthood.
McAloney, Kareena
core   +2 more sources

Stigma: how it affects the substance use disorder patient

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2020
The stigma surrounding individuals who have substance use disorders is a pervasive phenomenon that has had detrimental effects on treatment outcomes, health care providers, treatments, research, policies, and society as a whole (Kelly JF, Dow SJ ...
J. Zwick, Hannah Appleseth, Stephan Arndt   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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

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

Cross-sectional study of risky substance use by injured emergency department patients [PDF]

, 2017
INTRODUCTION: Survey data regarding the prevalence of risky substance use in the emergency department (ED) is not consistent. The objective of this study was to identify the prevalence of risky substance use among injured ED patients based on the Alcohol,
Baird, Janette, Lee, Christina S., Mello, Michael J., Strezsak, Valerie   +3 more
core   +3 more sources

Mindfulness-based programs for substance use disorders: a systematic review of manualized treatments

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2020
Background Substance use disorders are prevalent and returning to substance use (i.e., relapse) following treatment is common, underscoring the need for effective treatments that will help individuals maintain long-term reductions in substance use ...
J. Korecki, Frank J. Schwebel, V. Votaw, K. Witkiewitz   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source