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Health outcomes associated with methamphetamine use among young people: a systematic review.

OBJECTIVES Methamphetamine (MA) use among young people is of significant social, economic and public health concern to affected communities and policy makers. While responses have focused upon… (More)

The temporal relationship between drug supply indicators: an audit of international government surveillance systems

Daniel Werb, Thomas Kerr, Bohdan Nosyk, Steffanie Anne Strathdee, Julio SG. Montaner, Evan Wood
BMJ open
2013

OBJECTIVES Illegal drug use continues to be a major threat to community health and safety. We used international drug surveillance databases to assess the relationship between multiple long-term… (More)

Drug use patterns among Thai illicit drug injectors amidst increased police presence

Daniel Werb, Kanna Hayashi, +4 authors Thomas Kerr
Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy
2009

Thailand has traditionally pursued an aggressive enforcement-based anti-illicit drug policy in an effort to make the country "drug-free." In light of this ongoing approach, we sought to assess… (More)

A socio-structural approach to preventing injection drug use initiation: rationale for the PRIMER study

Daniel Werb, Richard S. Garfein, +6 authors Steffanie Anne Strathdee
Harm reduction journal
2016

BACKGROUND Injection drug use remains a primary driver of HIV and HCV-related harms globally. However, there is a gap in efforts to prevent individuals from transitioning into injecting. People who… (More)

Risk of violence in drug rehabilitation centers: perceptions of people who inject drugs in Tijuana, Mexico.

Alicia Yolanda Harvey-Vera, Patricia E González-Zúñiga, +5 authors Daniel Werb
Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy
2016

BACKGROUND In 2009, Mexico reformed its health law to partially decriminalize drug possession considered for personal use and to increase mandatory referrals to certified drug rehabilitation centers… (More)

Vienna Declaration: a call for evidence-based drug policies

Evan Wood, Daniel Werb, Michel Kazatchkine, Thomas Kerr, Julio S. G. Montaner
The Lancet
2010

Risks surrounding drug trade involvement among street-involved youth.

Daniel Werb, Thomas Kerr, Kathy Li, Julio Montaner, Evan Wood
The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse
2008

BACKGROUND Street-involved youth have been shown to be involved in the street-level illicit drug trade in a number of jurisdictions, though little is known about risk factors and sequelae of this… (More)

Interventions to prevent the initiation of injection drug use: A systematic review

Daniel Werb, Jane Buxton, Jeannie A Shoveller, Chris N. Richardson, Greg Rowell, Evan Wood
Drug and alcohol dependence
2013

BACKGROUND Injection drug use has been identified as a key source of morbidity and mortality, primarily from overdose and the transmission of blood-borne diseases such as HIV. Experts have therefore… (More)

Crystal methamphetamine and initiation of injection drug use among street-involved youth in a Canadian setting

Daniel Werb, Thomas Kerr, +4 authors Evan Wood
CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal…
2013

BACKGROUND Although injection drug use is known to result in a range of health-related harms, including transmission of HIV and fatal overdose, little is known about the possible role of synthetic… (More)

Childhood sexual abuse and risk for initiating injection drug use: a prospective cohort study.

Scott E Hadland, Daniel Werb, +4 authors Evan Wood
Preventive medicine
2012

OBJECTIVE This study examined whether childhood sexual abuse predicts initiation of injection drug use in a prospective cohort of youth. METHOD From October 2005 to November 2010, data were… (More)

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