Abstract Background By the year 2000, Canada faced high levels of illicit drug use and
related harms. Simultaneously, a fundamental tension had raisen between continuing a …

Este artigo visa investigar como se conformam, no Brasil e internacionalmente, as
abordagens ao uso prejudicial do crack e outras drogas. Foi realizada uma revisão crítica …

Homelessness and drug use often overlap and the harms of substance use are exacerbated
by homelessness. Responding to the twin problems of homelessness and substance use is …

Introduction Many cities around the globe have experienced substantial increases in crack
cocaine use. Public health programmes have begun to address crack smoking, primarily …

Background Crack use constitutes a major problem in cities across Brazil. While existing
data suggest that crack use is generally concentrated among disenfranchised young people …

BACKGROUND: Crack use is prevalent amongst street drug users in Canadian cities, and
associated with severe drug use, health and social problems. Whilst few targeted …

Background This article reports qualitative findings from a sample of 31 purposively chosen
injection drug users (IDUs) from Vancouver, Surrey and Victoria, British Columbia …

Background: Substance use and homelessness often overlap. Harm reduction is an
evidence-based response to reducing harms of use rather than preventing use per se. While …

Background Prior studies have established that methamphetamine and HIV can have
additive deleterious effects on neurocognitive functioning, but there has been relatively little …

BACKGROUND: Effective public health programs aimed at problematic cocaine users are
challenged by the fact that they can have complex patterns of drug use with respect to …