Drug Abuse

Substance abuse, also known as drug abuse, is use of a drug in amounts or by methods which are harmful to the individual or others. It is a form of substance-related disorder. Differing definitions of drug abuse are used in public health, medical and criminal justice contexts. In some cases criminal or anti-social behaviour occurs when the person is under the influence of a drug, and long term personality changes in individuals may occur as well. In addition to possible physical, social, and psychological harm, use of some drugs may also lead to criminal penalties, although these vary widely depending …

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VTPI: Victoria Transport Policy Institute · 12 September 2024 English

This analysis indicates that children tend to be healthier and more successful growing up in compact neighborhoods where residents frequently walk and bicycle, drive less at lower speeds, have affordable …

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CIHI: Canadian Institute for Health Information · 6 August 2024 English

​​The annual report provides an overview of the organization, its corporate achievements in the past fiscal year, the priorities for the upcoming year and a summary of the audited financial …

federal initiatives related to prescription drug abuse; CIHI starts publicly releasing opioid data


CDPC: Canadian Drug Policy Coalition · 1 August 2024 English

For instance, due to the cultural significance of the coca leaf and international treaties to respect the rights of Indigenous Peoples, the cultivation* of coca has been decriminalized in Bolivia; …

2022, and ahead of the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking on June 26, 2022, UN five-year “National Drug Strategy: Action on Drug Abuse”*. Subsequently, there were modest but inadequate


DDN: Dundurn Press · 2 July 2024 English

The story of the audacious showman who built the greatest carnival dynasty in North America.Enter the realm of the carnie king, Patty Conklin, the flamboyant founder of what would become …

found a place on the midway. Crime, war, and drug abuse shows operated under the guise of educating the


CCSA: Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction · 26 June 2024 English

Summarizes recommendations that emerged from a two-day meeting we hosted with national and international experts to identify a path toward implementing a standard THC unit in Canada. It also includes …

THC unit endorsed by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) for use in research (NIDA, 2021; Volkow les/NOT-DA-21-049.html National Institute on Drug Abuse. (2021). Establishing 5mg of THC as the standard and Addiction Susan Weiss National Institute on Drug Abuse Tom Freeman University of Bath Valentina Lorenzetti Canada Dr. Susan Weiss, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Dr. Susan Weiss also addressed the purpose


CDPDJ: Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse · 9 May 2024

Inuit children whose situation falls under the jurisdiction of Nunavik's youth protection services, and their families, are not receiving the services they are entitled to receive, concludes the Commission des …

violence (domestic, physical and sexual), alcohol and drug abuse, high suicide rates, school absenteeism, inadequate


Tamarack - An Institute for Community Engagement · 9 May 2024 English

Additionally, several INCREMENTALLY young people involved in the program cited the EXPANDING YOUTH supportive relationships and cultural teachings Chatham-Kent’s 2021 CIF initiative, Ambition provided by the CIF program and the …

YPL team learned that youth desired safer and drug abuse. After the success of the learning environments


INSPQ: Institut national de santé publique du Québec · 30 April 2024 French

Les effets du THC contenu dans les produits du cannabis ne sont pas toujours faciles à prévoir, puisqu’ils dépendent d’un ensemble de facteurs propres aux produits et aux consommateurs. Le …

corporelle IV Intraveineuse NIDA National Institute on Drug Abuse T1/2 Temps de demi-vie THC Delat-9-tetrahydrocannabinol Lorenzetti (2020) et le National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA). Appliquée dans un cadre règlementaire


First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada · 29 April 2024 English

I am the Scientific Director of the First Nations/Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect (FN/CIS) 2019 and the Principal Investigator of the Ontario Incidence Study of Reported …

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CIHI: Canadian Institute for Health Information · 23 April 2024 English

Standards and protocols for administering the Canadian Patient Experiences Survey — Inpatient Care (CPES-IC).

February 2024 • A primary diagnosis of alcohol/drug abuse or dependence (e.g., the patient was admitted who also have a secondary diagnosis of alcohol/drug abuse or dependence are still eligible for the survey


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