The epidemiology of benzodiazepine misuse: a systematic review
Background Benzodiazepine misuse is a growing public health problem, with increases in
benzodiazepine-related overdose deaths and emergency room visits in recent years …
benzodiazepine-related overdose deaths and emergency room visits in recent years …
Worldwide prevalence and trends in unintentional drug overdose: a systematic review of the literature
Background. Drug overdose is an important, yet an inadequately understood, public health
problem. Global attention to unintentional drug overdose has been limited by comparison …
problem. Global attention to unintentional drug overdose has been limited by comparison …
Situating the continuum of overdose risk in the social determinants of health: a new conceptual framework
Policy Points This article reconceptualizes our understanding of the opioid epidemic and
proposes six strategies that address the epidemic's social roots. In order to successfully …
proposes six strategies that address the epidemic's social roots. In order to successfully …
Supervised injection facilities in Canada: past, present, and future
Canada has long contended with harms arising from injection drug use. In response to
epidemics of HIV infection and overdose in Vancouver in the mid-1990s, a range of actors …
epidemics of HIV infection and overdose in Vancouver in the mid-1990s, a range of actors …
Public health and public order outcomes associated with supervised drug consumption facilities: a systematic review
Abstract Purpose of Review Supervised drug consumption facilities (SCFs) have
increasingly been implemented in response to public health and public order concerns …
increasingly been implemented in response to public health and public order concerns …
Drug policy and the public good
T Babor - 2010 - books.google.com
Drug use represents a significant burden to public health through disease, disability and
social problems, and policy makers are becoming increasingly interested in how to develop …
social problems, and policy makers are becoming increasingly interested in how to develop …
Hospitals as a 'risk environment': an ethno-epidemiological study of voluntary and involuntary discharge from hospital against medical advice among people who …
R McNeil, W Small, E Wood, T Kerr - Social science & medicine, 2014 - Elsevier
People who inject drugs (PWID) experience high levels of HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C (HCV)
infection that, together with injection-related complications such as non-fatal overdose and …
infection that, together with injection-related complications such as non-fatal overdose and …
Treatment of medical, psychiatric, and substance-use comorbidities in people infected with HIV who use drugs
HIV-infected drug users have increased age-matched morbidity and mortality compared with
HIV-infected people who do not use drugs. Substance-use disorders negatively affect the …
HIV-infected people who do not use drugs. Substance-use disorders negatively affect the …
Non-fatal overdose as a risk factor for subsequent fatal overdose among people who inject drugs
A Caudarella, H Dong, MJ Milloy, T Kerr… - Drug and alcohol …, 2016 - Elsevier
Objectives To examine the relationship between non-fatal overdose and risk of subsequent
fatal overdose. Methods We assessed risk factors for overdose death among two …
fatal overdose. Methods We assessed risk factors for overdose death among two …
Methadone continuation versus forced withdrawal on incarceration in a combined US prison and jail: a randomised, open-label trial
Background Methadone is an effective treatment for opioid dependence. When people who
are receiving methadone maintenance treatment for opioid dependence are incarcerated in …
are receiving methadone maintenance treatment for opioid dependence are incarcerated in …