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D Werb

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Articles 8
Citations 157
Followers 0
Related Specialties
Psychiatry
Public Health
Pharmacology
Top 10 Co-Authors
S A Strathdee
R S Garfein
K McDonald
N Maghsoudi
L R Smith
D R Beriault
L Beletsky
C Stefan
K D Wagner
J M Bowles
Published In
Drug Alcohol Depend
Int J Drug Policy
Harm Reduct J
Clin Toxicol (Phila)
J Immigr Minor Health
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Recent Articles
1.
Modeling the impact of a supervised consumption site on HIV and HCV transmission among people who inject drugs in three counties in California, USA
Killion J, Jegede O, Werb D, Davidson P, Smith L, Gaines T, et al.
Int J Drug Policy . 2024 Aug; 132:104557. PMID: 39213827
Background: Supervised consumption sites (SCS) have been shown to reduce receptive syringe sharing among people who inject drugs (PWID) in the United States and elsewhere, which can prevent HIV and...
2.
Emerging synthetic cannabinoids detected by a drug checking service in Toronto, Canada
Scarfone K, Maghsoudi N, McDonald K, Thompson H, Stefan C, Beriault D, et al.
Clin Toxicol (Phila) . 2022 May; 60(8):979-984. PMID: 35546568
Background: Toronto's Drug Checking Service (DCS) provides people who use drugs with information on the chemical composition of their substances and conducts real-time monitoring of the unregulated drug supply. Presented...
3.
The intersection of gender and drug use-related stigma: A mixed methods systematic review and synthesis of the literature
Meyers S, Earnshaw V, DAmbrosio B, Courchesne N, Werb D, Smith L
Drug Alcohol Depend . 2021 Apr; 223:108706. PMID: 33901753
Background: Substance use-related stigma is a significant barrier to care among persons who use drugs (PWUD). Less is known regarding how intersectional identities, like gender, shape experiences of substance use-related...
4.
Evaluating networked drug checking services in Toronto, Ontario: study protocol and rationale
Maghsoudi N, McDonald K, Stefan C, Beriault D, Mason K, Barnaby L, et al.
Harm Reduct J . 2020 Mar; 17(1):9. PMID: 32204713
Background: The increasing incidence of fatal opioid overdose is a public health crisis in Canada. Given growing consensus that this crisis is related to the presence of highly potent opioid...
5.
Prevalence and Correlates of Injecting with Visitors from the United States Among People Who Inject Drugs in Tijuana, Mexico
Borquez A, Garfein R, Abramovitz D, Liu L, Beletsky L, Werb D, et al.
J Immigr Minor Health . 2019 Feb; 21(6):1200-1207. PMID: 30771144
Cross-border infectious disease transmission is a concern related to drug tourism from the U.S. to Mexico. We assessed this risk among people who inject drugs (PWID) in Tijuana, Mexico. We...
6.
Do law enforcement interactions reduce the initiation of injection drug use? An investigation in three North American settings
Melo J, Garfein R, Hayashi K, Milloy M, DeBeck K, Sun S, et al.
Drug Alcohol Depend . 2017 Nov; 182:67-73. PMID: 29169035
Background: The prevention of drug injecting is often cited as a justification for the deployment of law enforcement and for the continuation of drug criminalization policies. We sought to characterize...
7.
The effectiveness of compulsory drug treatment: A systematic review
Werb D, Kamarulzaman A, Meacham M, Rafful C, Fischer B, Strathdee S, et al.
Int J Drug Policy . 2016 Jan; 28:1-9. PMID: 26790691
Background: Despite widespread implementation of compulsory treatment modalities for drug dependence, there has been no systematic evaluation of the scientific evidence on the effectiveness of compulsory drug treatment. Methods: We...
8.
Police bribery and access to methadone maintenance therapy within the context of drug policy reform in Tijuana, Mexico
Werb D, Wagner K, Beletsky L, Gonzalez-Zuniga P, Rangel G, Strathdee S
Drug Alcohol Depend . 2015 Feb; 148:221-5. PMID: 25655577
Aims: In 2009, Mexico passed legislation to decriminalize drug possession and improve access to addiction treatment. We undertook research to assess the implementation of the reform among a cohort of...