The surveys made in Canada vary in size, method of sampling, validity of conclusions, and range of drugs covered, but together they constitute a beginning epidemiology of drug use. The major purpose here is to review the surveys of illicit drug use in Canada and contribute to an understanding...
Canada’s government said Tuesday it will allow British Columbia to try a three-year experiment in decriminalizing possession of small amounts of drugs, seeking to stem a record number of overdose deaths by easing fear of arrest by users...
People who use illicit drugsFor many individuals with substance use disorders, the entry point for addiction treatment can be through withdrawal management (e.g. detoxification) services. However, little is known about the factors that predict withdrawal management service use among people who use ...
Chief coroner Lisa Lapointe says efforts since late March to improve access to a safer supply of drugs in B.C. are encouraging but the death rate from illicit drugs is still the highest in Canada. “We continue to recommend a regulated, evidence-based, supportive treatment and recovery ...
Between Oct. 9 and Oct. 16, officials seized 3,120 packages of the 3,586 they intercepted at the border because they contained counterfeit or unlicensed health products, including illegal prescriptions drugs. Police say that the street value of the seized drugs is around $1.4 million....
摘要: Background: By the year 2000, Canada faced high le 关键词:Illicit drugs Epidemiology Interventions Policy Review Canada 被引量: 16 年份: 2016 收藏 引用 批量引用 报错 分享 求助全文 通过文献互助平台发起求助,成功后即可免费获取论文全文。 请先登入...
"I Used to be Scared to Even Like Stand Beside Somebody Who Had It": HIV Risk Behaviours and Perceptions Among Indigenous People Who Use Drugs Objectives: In Canada, and elsewhere, Indigenous people who use illicit drugs and/or alcohol (WUID/A) experience a disproportionate burden of HIV-rela...
Evidence at the scene, medical records, toxicological results, and post-mortem examination if available were all used to classify deaths as being caused by illicit drug toxicity and to determine drugs deemed relevant to death. The BCCS does not report on respiratory and cardiac events in the ...
During the past decade, media and medical forces have combined to create an alarming view of pregnant mothers who use illicit drugs. The result has been increased state control of these women and their infants. This in-depth study is the first in Canada to look at how mothers who use illic...
The economic costs of alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs in Canada, 1992 Aims, design and setting. The economic costs of alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs to Canadian society in 1992 are estimated utilizing a cost-of-illness fr... E Single,L Robson,X Xie,... - 《Addiction》 被引量: ...