ArticleDrug and alcohol dependence2015
Drug use patterns predict risk of non-fatal overdose among street-involved youth in a Canadian setting.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 30 citations in OpenAlex.
- Risk Factors for Drug Overdose in Young People: A Systematic Review of the Literature.Journal of child and adolescent psychopharmacology · 2019Pooled it
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- Factors associated with perceived decline in the quality of drugs during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from community-recruited cohorts of people who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2022Article
- Suicidal Behavior and Its Relationship with Postmortem Forensic Toxicological Findings.Toxics · 2022Article
- Multiple Victimizations and Overdose Among Women With a History of Illicit Drug Use.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2022Article
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- Ensemble learning to predict opioid-related overdose using statewide prescription drug monitoring program and hospital discharge data in the state of Tennessee.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2021Article
- High-intensity cannabis use and hospitalization: a prospective cohort study of street-involved youth in Vancouver, Canada.Harm reduction journal · 2021Article
- Characterising the increasing prevalence of crystal methamphetamine use in Vancouver, Canada, from 2006-2017: A gender-based analysis.Drug and alcohol review · 2020Article
- Opioid agonist therapy trajectories among street entrenched youth in the context of a public health crisis.SSM - population health · 2020Article
- Correlates of death during outpatient treatment for opioid use disorder: A national study.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2020Article
- Risk Factors for Overdose in Young People Who Received Substance Use Disorder Treatment.The American journal on addictions · 2019Article
- Cannabis use is associated with lower rates of initiation of injection drug use among street-involved youth: A longitudinal analysis.Drug and alcohol review · 2018Article
- Use of on-site detoxification services co-located with a supervised injection facility.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2017Article
- Prevalence and correlates of fentanyl-contaminated heroin exposure among young adults who use prescription opioids non-medically.Addictive behaviors · 2017Article
- Risky and rushed public crack cocaine smoking: the potential for supervised inhalation facilities.BMC public health · 2016Article
- The effect of prescription opioid injection on the risk of non-fatal overdose among people who inject drugs.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundNon-fatal drug overdose is a major cause of morbidity among people who use drugs, although few studies have examined this risk among street-involved youth. We sought to determine the risk factors associated with non-fatal overdose among Canadian street-involved youth who reported illicit drug use.
methodsUsing data from a prospective cohort of street-involved youth in Vancouver, Canada, we identified youth without a history of overdose and employed Cox regression analyses to determine factors associated with time to non-fatal overdose between September 2005 and May 2012.
resultsAmong 615 participants, 98 (15.9%) reported a non-fatal overdose event during follow-up, resulting in an incidence density of 7.67 cases per 100 person-years. In multivariate Cox regression analyses, binge drug use (adjusted hazard ratio [AHR]=1.85; 95% confidence interval [CI]=1.20-2.84), non-injection crystal methamphetamine use (AHR=1.70; 95% CI=1.12-2.58), non-injection prescription opiate use (AHR=2.56; 95% CI=1.36-4.82), injection prescription opiate use (AHR=2.49; 95% CI=1.40-4.45) and injection heroin use (AHR=1.85; 95% CI=1.14-3.00) were positively associated with time to non-fatal overdose. Social, behavioural and demographic factors were not significantly associated with time to non-fatal overdose event.
conclusionsRates of non-fatal overdose were high among street-involved youth. Drug use patterns, in particular prescription opiate use, were associated with overdose. These findings underscore the importance of addiction treatment and prevention efforts aimed at reducing the risk of overdose among youth.
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