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Methamphetamine use and malnutrition among street-involved youthDan Werb
British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV AIDS, St Paul s Hospital, Vancouver, Canada
Harm Reduct J 7:5. 2010..60, 95% Confidence Interval [CI]: 1.03 - 2.48, p = 0.036). Interventions seeking to address food insecurity among street youth may benefit from considering drug use patterns since methamphetamine use predicted higher risk in this setting...
Drug use patterns among Thai illicit drug injectors amidst increased police presenceDan Werb
British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV AIDS, St, Paul s Hospital, Vancouver, Canada
Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy 4:16. 2009..These findings demonstrate high ongoing rates of drug injecting in Thailand despite reports of increased levels of strict enforcement and enforcement-related violence, and raise questions regarding the merits of this approach...
Effect of drug law enforcement on drug market violence: a systematic reviewDan Werb
British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV AIDS, Vancouver, Canada
Int J Drug Policy 22:87-94. 2011..In this context, and since drug prohibition has not meaningfully reduced drug supply, alternative regulatory models will be required if drug supply and drug market violence are to be meaningfully reduced...
The effectiveness of anti-illicit-drug public-service announcements: a systematic review and meta-analysisDan Werb
British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV AIDS, Vancouver, Canada
J Epidemiol Community Health 65:834-40. 2011..Anti-illicit-drug public-service announcements (PSAs) have become a cornerstone of drug policy in the USA. However, studies of the effectiveness of these interventions have not been subjected to a systematic evaluation...
Modelling crack cocaine use trends over 10 years in a Canadian settingDan Werb
British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV AIDS, St Paul s Hospital, Vancouver, Canada
Drug Alcohol Rev 29:271-7. 2010..We investigated longitudinal patterns of crack cocaine use among polydrug users in Vancouver, Canada...
Drug dealing cessation among a cohort of drug users in Vancouver, CanadaDan Werb
British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV AIDS, 608 1081, Burrard Avenue, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Drug Alcohol Depend 118:459-63. 2011..Drug dealing among drug users has been associated with elevated risk-taking and negative health outcomes. However, little is known about the cessation of drug dealing among this population...
Drug-related risks among street youth in two neighborhoods in a Canadian settingDan Werb
British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV AIDS, 608 1081 Burrard Avenue, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6Z 1Y6
Health Place 16:1061-7. 2010..These results demonstrate the importance of considering neighborhood variation when developing interventions aimed at reducing drug-related harms among street-involved youth at various levels of street entrenchment...
