Burden and trends of drug use disorders in young adults: global insights from GBD 2021
Abstract Background: Drug use disorders (DUDs) is a serious global health crisis, particularly affecting adolescents and young people. The increasing…
age-period-cohort study
Benzodiazepine use in medical cannabis authorization adult patients from 2013 to 2021: Alberta, Canada
Abstract Background: Benzodiazepines are a class of medications that are being frequently prescribed in Canada but carry significant risk of…
Different Tokes for Different Folks: Use of Cannabis Products Among a Longitudinal Cohort of People with Heroin Dependence
Abstract Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11469-023-01071-5. Article type: Research Article Keywords: Cannabis, Heroin, Opioid…
The Heart and Cannabis (THC) Cohort: Differences in Baseline Health and Behaviors by Cannabis Use
Abstract Background: Evidence on the cardiovascular health effects of cannabis use is limited. We designed a prospective cohort study of…
Use of health care services by people with substance use disorders in Belgium: a register-based cohort study
Abstract Background: The objective of the study was to describe the frequencies of health-care utilization by people with substance use…
Gaps in evidence for the use of medically authorized cannabis: Ontario and Alberta, Canada
Abstract Background: With legal access to medical cannabis in Canada since 2001, there is a need to fully characterize its…
Opioid use in medical cannabis authorization adult patients from 2013 to 2018: Alberta, Canada
Abstract Background: The opioid overdose epidemic in Canada and the United States has become a public health crisis – with…
A familial risk enriched cohort as a platform for testing early interventions to prevent severe mental illness
Abstract Background: Severe mental illness (SMI), including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and severe depression, is responsible for a substantial proportion of…