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Impact of supply-side policies for control of illicit drugs in the face of the AIDS and overdose epidemics: investigation of a massive heroin seizure.

Impact of supply-side policies for control of illicit drugs in the face of the AIDS and overdose... More than 93% of the nearly $500 million spent annually on Canada's drug strategy goes toward efforts to reduce the illicit drug supply. However, little is known about the effectiveness of this strategy. On Sept. 2, 2000, Canadian police seized approximately 100 kg of heroin in one of the nation's largest-ever seizures of this drug. An ongoing prospective cohort study of injection drug users afforded an opportunity to evaluate the impact of this seizure. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne Pubmed

Impact of supply-side policies for control of illicit drugs in the face of the AIDS and overdose epidemics: investigation of a massive heroin seizure.

Wood, Evan; Tyndall, Mark W; Spittal, Patricia M; Li, Kathy; Anis, Aslam H; Hogg, Robert S; Montaner, Julio S G; O'Shaughnessy, Michael V; Schechter, Martin T
CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne , Volume 168 (2): -155 – Feb 20, 2003
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Impact of supply-side policies for control of illicit drugs in the face of the AIDS and overdose epidemics: investigation of a massive heroin seizure.


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More than 93% of the nearly $500 million spent annually on Canada's drug strategy goes toward efforts to reduce the illicit drug supply. However, little is known about the effectiveness of this strategy. On Sept. 2, 2000, Canadian police seized approximately 100 kg of heroin in one of the nation's largest-ever seizures of this drug. An ongoing prospective cohort study of injection drug users afforded an opportunity to evaluate the impact of this seizure.

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Abstract

More than 93% of the nearly $500 million spent annually on Canada's drug strategy goes toward efforts to reduce the illicit drug supply. However, little is known about the effectiveness of this strategy. On Sept. 2, 2000, Canadian police seized approximately 100 kg of heroin in one of the nation's largest-ever seizures of this drug. An ongoing prospective cohort study of injection drug users afforded an opportunity to evaluate the impact of this seizure.

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CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne – Pubmed

Published: Feb 20, 2003

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