Background. Drug overdose is an important, yet an inadequately understood, public health
problem. Global attention to unintentional drug overdose has been limited by comparison …

Objective: To analyse the epidemiology, clinical picture and emergency department (ED)
management of a large series of patients who presented to European EDs after cocaine …

Research has shown there are notable barriers to calling 9-1-1 during accidental overdose
emergencies. Overdose is a significant health and social justice concern, yet Canadian …

Background: Poisoning is a leading cause of hospitalization and death in British Columbia,
yet patterns for allcause poisonings remain unclear. A study was proposed to analyze …

Introduction Ensuring adequate harm reduction infrastructure in rural areas is imperative, as
drug‐related epidemics expand into them. Here, we explore the capacity for sustainment of …

In the last two decades, recreational drug use patterns have changed substantially,
particularly with opioids and cannabinoids. Opioid-related deaths continued to rise, with …

Confidential: For Review Only Page 1 Confidential: For Review Only Evaluating the effects of
Risk Mitigation Guidance opioid and stimulant dispensations on mortality and acute care visits …

Literature examines HIV within urban or rural contexts; the suburban gradient is not
sufficiently described, despite how an overwhelming proportion of Canadians live in this …

RESUMO A dependência química tornou-se um grave problema de saúde pública com
emersão de vasto impacto biológico, econômico e social, representando um dos maiores …

This application proposes novel investigations into the natural history of injection drug use,
from initiation to cessation or death, as well as studies of trends in morbidity and mortality …