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"I love having benzos after my coke shot": The use of psychotropic medication among cocaine users in downtown Montreal
(2017)
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Cocaine abuse is a major public health issue due to its role in the HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) epidemics in North America. A significant area of concern among people who use cocaine (PWUC), ...
Prevalence and correlates of prescription opioid residue injection
(2016)
Abstract: BACKGROUND: There is growing evidence of intravenous administration of prescription opioids (POs) in several countries. Preparation of POs for injection may leave residues in containers and filters used by people ...
Drug use practices among people who inject drugs in a context of drug market changes: Challenges for optimal coverage of harm reduction programs
(2017)
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Until the early 2000s, people who inject drugs (PWID) in Québec had mainly been injecting powder cocaine and heroin. Since then, ethnographic studies have shown that the drug market has diversified, ...
Understanding experiences of and rationales for sharing crack-smoking equipment: A qualitative study with persons who smoke crack in Montréal
(2017)
Abstract: BACKGROUND: The distribution of safer crack-smoking equipment has been implemented in several Canadian cities to reduce potential health risks such as transmission of blood borne viruses (BBV). Little is known ...
Correlates of at-risk gambling behaviors of homeless youth
(2014)
Objective: This exploratory study aims to describe the gambling behaviors of 419 homeless youth.
Methods: Participants were divided into two groups: 1) those whose gambling behaviors did not present a risk (n=366); and ...
Patterns of cocaine and opioid co-use and polyroutes of administration among street-based cocaine users in Montréal, Canada
(2013)
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 polysubstance use and routes of drug administration. ...
Prevalence and temporal trends of crack injection among injection drug users in eastern central Canada
(2013)
Background: Little is known about crack injection and its temporal trends in North America. This article describes the extent of crack injection and examines temporal trends among injection drug users (IDUs) recruited from ...
Residential trajectories of street youth--the Montréal cohort study
(2014)
Little is known about the course of homelessness among youth between the ages of 18 and 25 despite the many characteristics distinguishing them from adolescents and from older street-involved populations. We examined the ...
Portraying persons who inject drugs recently infected with hepatitis C accessing antiviral treatment : a cluster analysis
(2014)
Objectives. To empirically determine a categorization of people who inject drug (PWIDs) recently infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV), in order to identify profiles most likely associated with early HCV treatment uptake. ...
Sustained drug use changes following hepatitis C screening and counseling among recently infected persons who inject drugs: a longitudinal study
(2014)
BACKGROUND: Notification of hepatitis C virus (HCV) positive status is known to have short-term impacts on subsequent alcohol, drug use and injection behaviors among persons who inject drugs (PWID). It remains to be ...