Liver harm caused by alcohol is a public health problem. Collectively, we need to take better care of our livers by taking steps to reduce alcohol consumption in the population.
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The Health To Go machines in Pennsylvania are in a YMCA in Reading and outside an emergency department in Harrisburg.
The steepest rise in opioid overdose deaths is among those aged 40 to 69.
Running may offer an organizing lifestyle structure that supports a non-linear recovery process for people living with addiction.
After a day, you’ll feel less dehydrated. After a week, your mood and sleep improves – and the benefits keep going.
Cannabis hyperemesis syndrome — with severe vomiting, abdominal pain and temporary relief through compulsive hot bathing — is increasingly affecting adolescents and young adults.
Your brain processes the pleasure of everyday behaviors like eating and drinking similarly to the pleasure of using drugs. Disentangling them requires understanding how memories are formed.
New research finds sexually diverse youth are three times more likely to use cannabis in risky ways—driven by stress, not identity—highlighting the need for better mental health support and equity.
We spoke to young people who didn’t know about the risks, even when they reported side effects including brain fog and seizures.
Drinking alcohol is a personal decision. It’s important to translate population-level drinking guidance in a format that resonates with individuals and is relevant to a person’s circumstances.
B.C. is facing a toxic drug crisis, however, forcing people into involuntary treatment will cause more harm than good.
There are several ways a person using violence may exploit their own substance use, or that of those around them, to gain more power. This is sometimes called ‘substance use coercion’.
It’s time to revisit the evidence for the health benefits of moderate drinking, and separate fact from wishful thinking. Can we confidently say, ‘Cheers to good health?’
Calls to destigmatize language around drug addiction must be combined with action to change policies that stigmatize people in early recovery.
Many people wrongly assume that cannabis use during pregnancy is safe. Research is increasingly documenting a host of serious health harms from prenatal exposure to cannabis and other substances.
A Weed-Free January could do more good than cannabis users may realize. Regular cannabis users could expect to experience a number of positive physical and lifestyle changes from a 31-day pause.
Climate change is seeing more of us with mental health problems and harmful substance use. So we need to start planning now.
Researchers found that most homeless people spent the money they received on rent, food and other living costs.
A police policy of not making arrests for simple possession is a way to essentially decriminalize personal drug use. However, confiscating drugs — even without arrests — can be harmful in many ways.
Most consumables in Canada have quality controls that inform purchasing and consumption decisions. People who use illicit drugs deserve the same. Drug checking provides that harm-reduction service.
Top contributors
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Scientist, Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research and Professor of Psychology, University of Victoria
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Director, Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research; Professor, Division of Medical Sciences, University of Victoria
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Doctoral student, College of Interdisciplinary Studies, Royal Roads University
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Associate Professor, Psychology, University of British Columbia
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Professor of Psychology, Texas State University
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Master of Arts student, Social Dimensions of Health Program, University of Victoria
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Peter Boris Chair in Addictions Research; Director, Peter Boris Centre for Addictions Research; Director, Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Medicinal Cannabis Research; Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University
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Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Alberta
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PhD Candidate, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research, University of Victoria
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Assistant Professor of Indigenous Health, Simon Fraser University
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Associate Professor, Criminology, Athabasca University
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Associate Professor, Psychosocial Difficulties, University of Oslo
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Assistant Professor in Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
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Assistant professor, University of Alberta
