ArticleCanadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique
How many people in Canada use prescription opioids non-medically in general and street drug using populations?
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- Increasing availability of illicit and prescription opioids among people who inject drugs in a Canadian setting, 2010-2014.The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse · 2018Article
- Prescription opioid use and non-fatal overdose in a cohort of injection drug users.The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse · 2015Article
- Prevalence and correlates of nonmedical prescription opioid use among a cohort of sex workers in Vancouver, Canada.The International journal on drug policy · 2015Article
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- Patterns of prescription drug misuse among young injection drug users.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2012Article
- Increases in the availability of prescribed opioids in a Canadian setting.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2012Article
- Controlling pain and reducing misuse of opioids: ethical considerations.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2012Review
- The growing popularity of prescription opioid injection in downtown Montréal: new challenges for harm reduction.Substance use & misuse · 2011Article
- High levels of opioid analgesic co-prescription among methadone maintenance treatment clients in British Columbia, Canada: results from a population-level retrospective cohort study.The American journal on addictionsArticle
- Non-medical use of prescription opioids among Ontario adults: data from the 2008/2009 CAMH Monitor.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publiqueArticle
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Abstract
objectiveMedical prescriptions for opioids as well as their non-medical use have increased in Canada in recent years. This study aimed to estimate the number of non-medical prescription opioid (PO) users in the general and street drug using populations in Canada.
methodsThe number of non-medical PO users among the general population and the number of non-medical PO users, heroin users, or both among the street drug using population was estimated for Canada and for the most populous Canadian provinces. Different estimation methods were used: 1) the number of non-medical PO users in the Canadian general population was estimated based on Canadian availability data, and the ratio of US availability to non-medical PO use from US survey data; 2) numbers within the street drug using population were indirectly estimated based on overdose death data, and a key informants survey. Distribution and trends by usage of opioids were determined by using the multi-site Canadian OPICAN cohort data.
resultsBetween 321,000 to 914,000 non-medical PO users were estimated to exist among the general population in Canada in 2003. The estimated number of non-medical PO users, heroin users, or both among the street drug using population was about 72,000, with more individuals using nonmedical PO than heroin in 2003. Based on data from the OPICAN survey, in 2005 the majority of the street drug using population in main Canadian cities was non-medical PO users, with the exception of Vancouver and Montreal. A relative increase of 24% was observed from 2002 to 2005 in the proportion of the street drug using population who used non-medical POs only. DISCUSSION: There is an urgent need to further assess the extent and patterns of non-medical prescription opioid use, related problems and drug distribution channels in Canada.
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