Drug-related harm coinciding with income assistance payments: results from a community-based cohort of people who use drugs.

Lindsey RichardsonHuiru DongThomas KerrMichael John Milloy Kanna Hayashi PhD

Published in: Addiction (Abingdon, England) (2020)

In Vancouver, Canada, people who use illicit drugs who receive income assistance report high prevalence of payment-coincident drug-related harm, particularly people experiencing socioeconomic and structural marginalization or engaging in high-intensity drug use.

Keyphrases

high intensity
drug induced
physical activity
mental health
resistance training
emergency department
adverse drug
health insurance