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Benedikt Fischer; Anca Ialomiteanu; Edward Adlaf; Angela Boak; Jürgen Rehm; Robert E Mann
Prevalence and key covariates of non-medical prescription opioid use among the general secondary student and adult populations in Ontario, Canada.
Benedikt Fischer; Wayne Jones; Jürgen Rehm
High correlations between levels of consumption and mortality related to strong prescription opioid analgesics in British Columbia and Ontario, 2005-2009.
Benedikt Fischer; Anca Ialomiteanu; Paul Kurdyak; Robert E Mann; Jürgen Rehm
Reductions in non-medical prescription opioid use among adults in Ontario, Canada: are recent policy interventions working?

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2013: Benedikt Fischer; Anca Ialomiteanu; Edward Adlaf; Angela Boak; Jürgen Rehm; Robert E Mann
Prevalence and key covariates of non-medical prescription opioid use among the general secondary student and adult populations in Ontario, Canada.
Drug and alcohol review 2013;32(3):276-87.
2013: Benedikt Fischer; Wayne Jones; Jürgen Rehm
High correlations between levels of consumption and mortality related to strong prescription opioid analgesics in British Columbia and Ontario, 2005-2009.
Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety 2013;22(4):438-42.
2013: Benedikt Fischer; Anca Ialomiteanu; Paul Kurdyak; Robert E Mann; Jürgen Rehm
Reductions in non-medical prescription opioid use among adults in Ontario, Canada: are recent policy interventions working?
Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy 2013;8():7.
2013: Kevin D Shield; Benedikt Fischer; Anca Ialomiteanu; Jürgen Rehm
Assessing the prevalence of non-medical prescription opioid use in the Canadian general adult population: evidence of large variation depending on survey questions used.
BMC psychiatry 2013;13():6.
2013: Benedikt Fischer; Wayne Jones; Fraser McGuire; Dan Bilsker; Rielle Capler; Meghan Dawe; Katherine Rudzinski; Paul A Shuper; Benjamin Taylor; Jürgen Rehm
Feasibility and impact of brief interventions for frequent cannabis users in Canada.
Journal of substance abuse treatment 2013;44(1):132-8.
2012: Dan Werb; Benedikt Fischer; Thomas Kerr; Julio Montaner; Bohdan Nosyk; Evan Wood
Estimating the economic value of British Columbia's domestic cannabis market: implications for provincial cannabis policy.
The International journal on drug policy 2012;23(6):436-41.
2012: Benedikt Fischer; Anna Lusted; Michael Roerecke; Benjamin Taylor; Jürgen Rehm
The prevalence of mental health and pain symptoms in general population samples reporting nonmedical use of prescription opioids: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
The journal of pain : official journal of the American Pain Society 2012;13(11):1029-44.
2012: Benedikt Fischer; Annette Keates
'Opioid drought', Canadian-style? Potential implications of the 'natural experiment' of delisting oxycontin in Canada.
The International journal on drug policy 2012;23(6):495-7.
2012: Benedikt Fischer; Elena Argento
Prescription opioid related misuse, harms, diversion and interventions in Canada: a review.
Pain physician 2012;15(3 Suppl):ES191-203.
2012: Tara Marie Watson; Ahmed Bayoumi; Benedikt Fischer; Gillian Kolla; Janine Luce; Rebecca Penn; Carol J Strike
Police perceptions of supervised consumption sites (SCSs): a qualitative study.
Substance use & misuse 2012;47(4):364-74.
2012: Benedikt Fischer; Wayne Jones; Paul Shuper; Jürgen Rehm
12-month follow-up of an exploratory 'brief intervention' for high-frequency cannabis users among Canadian university students.
Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy 2012;7():15.
2011: Benedikt Fischer; Wayne Jones; Murray Krahn; Jürgen Rehm
Differences and over-time changes in levels of prescription opioid analgesic dispensing from retail pharmacies in Canada, 2005-2010.
Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety 2011;20(12):1269-77.
2011: Benedikt Fischer; Perry Kendall
Nutt et al.'s harm scales for drugs--room for improvement but better policy based on science with limitations than no science at all.
Addiction (Abingdon, England) 2011;106(11):1891-2; discussion 1896-8.
2011: Kevin D Shield; Benedikt Fischer; Anca Ialomiteanu; Robert E Mann; Jürgen Rehm
Non-medical use of prescription opioids among Ontario adults: data from the 2008/2009 CAMH Monitor.
Canadian journal of public health. Revue canadienne de santé publique 2011;102(5):330-5.
2011: Benedikt Fischer; Elliot Goldner; Wayne Hall; Victoria Jeffries; Robin Room; Jürgen Rehm
Lower Risk Cannabis use Guidelines for Canada (LRCUG): a narrative review of evidence and recommendations.
Canadian journal of public health. Revue canadienne de santé publique 2011;102(5):324-7.
2010: Benedikt Fischer; Meagan Bibby; Martin Bouchard
The global diversion of pharmaceutical drugs non-medical use and diversion of psychotropic prescription drugs in North America: a review of sourcing routes and control measures.
Addiction (Abingdon, England) 2010;105(12):2062-70.
2010: Benedikt Fischer; Nadine Nakamura; Anca Ialomiteanu; Angela Boak; Jürgen Rehm
Assessing the prevalence of nonmedical prescription opioid use in the general Canadian population: methodological issues and questions.
Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie 2010;55(9):606-9.
2010: Daniel Werb; Benedikt Fischer; Evan Wood
Cannabis policy: time to move beyond the psychosis debate.
The International journal on drug policy 2010;21(4):261-4.
2009: Kora DeBeck; Thomas Kerr; Kathy Li; Benedikt Fischer; Jane Buxton; Julio Montaner; Evan Wood
Smoking of crack cocaine as a risk factor for HIV infection among people who use injection drugs.
CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne 2009;181(9):585-9.
2009: Svetlana Popova; Jayadeep Patra; Satya Mohapatra; Benedikt Fischer; Jürgen Rehm
How many people in Canada use prescription opioids non-medically in general and street drug using populations?
Canadian journal of public health. Revue canadienne de santé publique 2009;100(2):104-8.
2008: Benedikt Fischer; Jayadeep Patra; Michelle Firestone Cruz; Jude Gittins; Jürgen Rehm
Comparing heroin users and prescription opioid users in a Canadian multi-site population of illicit opioid users.
Drug and alcohol review 2008;27(6):625-32.
2008: Benedikt Fischer; Jürgen Rehm
Nonmedical use of prescription opioids: furthering a meaningful research agenda.
The journal of pain : official journal of the American Pain Society 2008;9(6):490-3; discussion 494-6.
2008: Benedikt Fischer; Jürgen Rehm; Brian Goldman; Svetlana Popova
Non-medical use of prescription opioids and public health in Canada: an urgent call for research and interventions development.
Canadian journal of public health. Revue canadienne de santé publique 2008;99(3):182-4.
2008: Russell C Callaghan; Carol J Strike; Thomas Kerr; Benedikt Fischer; Jane Buxton; Emma Stevens; Lawren Taylor; J Charles Victor
Increasing prevalence of cocaine as the primary detoxification diagnosis among admissions presenting with current intravenous drug use: a review of detoxification records from northern British Columbia, 1999-2005.
Canadian journal of public health. Revue canadienne de santé publique 2008;99(3):178-81.
2008: Benedikt Fischer; Michelle Firestone Cruz; Jayadeep Patra; Jürgen Rehm
Predictors of methadone maintenance treatment utilization in a multisite cohort of illicit opioid users (OPICAN).
Journal of substance abuse treatment 2008;34(3):340-6.
2008: Jürgen Rehm; Benedikt Fischer
Should heroin be prescribed to heroin misusers? Yes.
BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2008;336(7635):70.
2008: Jason Grebely; Krista A Genoway; Jesse D Raffa; Gurbir Dhadwal; Tasleem Rajan; Grey Showler; Kate Kalousek; Fiona Duncan; Mark W Tyndall; Chris Fraser; Brian Conway; Benedikt Fischer
Barriers associated with the treatment of hepatitis C virus infection among illicit drug users.
Drug and alcohol dependence 2008;93(1-2):141-7.
2008: Michelle Firestone; Benedikt Fischer
A qualitative exploration of prescription opioid injection among street-based drug users in Toronto: behaviours, preferences and drug availability.
Harm reduction journal 2008;5():30.
2008: Benedikt Fischer; Jeff Powis; Michelle Firestone Cruz; Katherine Rudzinski; Jürgen Rehm
Hepatitis C virus transmission among oral crack users: viral detection on crack paraphernalia.
European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology 2008;20(1):29-32.
2007: Benedikt Fischer; Jürgen Rehm
Understanding the parameters of non-medical use of prescription drugs: moving beyond mere numbers.
Addiction (Abingdon, England) 2007;102(12):1931-2.
2007: Jürgen Rehm; William Gnam; Svetlana Popova; Dolly Baliunas; Serge Brochu; Benedikt Fischer; Jayadeep Patra; Anna Sarnocinska-Hart; Benjamin Taylor
The costs of alcohol, illegal drugs, and tobacco in Canada, 2002.
Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs 2007;68(6):886-95.
2007: Benedikt Fischer; Michelle Coghlan
Crack use in North American cities: the neglected 'epidemic'.
Addiction (Abingdon, England) 2007;102(9):1340-1.
2007: Benedikt Fischer; Eugenia Oviedo-Joekes; Peter Blanken; Christian Haasen; Jürgen Rehm; Martin T Schechter; John Strang; Wim van den Brink
Heroin-assisted treatment (HAT) a decade later: a brief update on science and politics.
Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine 2007;84(4):552-62.
2007: Neerav Monga; Jürgen Rehm; Benedikt Fischer; Suzanne Brissette; Julie Bruneau; Nady el-Guebaly; Lina Noël; Mark Tyndall; Cameron Wild; Francesco Leri; Jean-Sébastien Fallu; Saira Bahl
Using latent class analysis (LCA) to analyze patterns of drug use in a population of illegal opioid users.
Drug and alcohol dependence 2007;88(1):1-8.
2007: Peggy Millson; Laurel Challacombe; Paul Villeneuve; Carol J Strike; Benedikt Fischer; Ted Myers; Ron Shore; Shaun Hopkins
Reduction in injection-related HIV risk after 6 months in a low-threshold methadone treatment program.
AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education 2007;19(2):124-36.
2007: Michelle Firestone Cruz; Benedikt Fischer; Jayadeep Patra; Kate Kalousek; Brenda Newton-Taylor; Jürgen Rehm; Mark Tyndall
Prevalence and associated factors of hepatitis C infection (HCV) in a multi-site Canadian population of illicit opioid and other drug users (OPICAN).
Canadian journal of public health. Revue canadienne de santé publique 2007;98(2):130-3.
2007: Michelle Firestone Cruz; Jayadeep Patra; Benedikt Fischer; Jürgen Rehm; Kate Kalousek
Public opinion towards supervised injection facilities and heroin-assisted treatment in Ontario, Canada.
The International journal on drug policy 2007;18(1):54-61.
2006: Benedikt Fischer; Jürgen Rehm; Jayadeep Patra; Kate Kalousek; Emma Haydon; Mark Tyndall; Nady el-Guebaly
Crack across Canada: Comparing crack users and crack non-users in a Canadian multi-city cohort of illicit opioid users.
Addiction (Abingdon, England) 2006;101(12):1760-70.
2006: Benedikt Fischer; Jürgen Rehm; Jayadeep Patra; Michelle Firestone Cruz
Changes in illicit opioid use across Canada.
CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne 2006;175(11):1385.
2006: Benedikt Fischer; Kate Kalousek; Jürgen Rehm; Jeff E Powis; Mel Krajden; Jens Reimer
Hepatitis C, illicit drug use and public health: does Canada really have a viable plan?
Canadian journal of public health. Revue canadienne de santé publique 2006;97(6):485-8.
2006: Benedikt Fischer; Jens Reimer; Michelle Firestone; Kate Kalousek; Jürgen Rehm; Jenny Heathcote
Treatment for hepatitis C virus and cannabis use in illicit drug user patients: implications and questions.
European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology 2006;18(10):1039-42.
2006: Benedikt Fischer; Svetlana Popova; Jürgen Rehm; Andrew Ivsins
Drug-related overdose deaths in British Columbia and Ontario, 1992-2004.
Canadian journal of public health. Revue canadienne de santé publique 2006;97(5):384-7.
2006: Benedikt Fischer; Michelle Firestone Cruz; Jürgen Rehm
Illicit opioid use and its key characteristics: a select overview and evidence from a Canadian multisite cohort of illicit opioid users (OPICAN).
Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie 2006;51(10):624-34.
2006: Lina Noël; Benedikt Fischer; Mark W Tyndall; D Richard Bradet; Jürgen Rehm; Suzanne Brissette; Serge Brochu; Julie Bruneau; Nady el-Guebaly; T Cameron Wild
Health and social services accessed by a cohort of Canadian illicit opioid users outside of treatment.
Canadian journal of public health. Revue canadienne de santé publique 2006;97(3):166-70.
2006: Svetlana Popova; Jürgen Rehm; Benedikt Fischer
An overview of illegal opioid use and health services utilization in Canada.
Public health 2006;120(4):320-8.
2006: Benedikt Fischer; Patrik Manzoni; Jürgen Rehm
Comparing injecting and non-injecting illicit opioid users in a multisite Canadian sample (OPICAN Cohort).
European addiction research 2006;12(4):230-9.
2006: Peggy Millson; Laurel Challacombe; Paul Villeneuve; Carol J Strike; Benedikt Fischer; Ted Myers; Ron Shore; Shaun Hopkins
Determinants of health-related quality of life of opiate users at entry to low-threshold methadone programs.
European addiction research 2006;12(2):74-82.
2005: Francesco Leri; Jane Stewart; Benedikt Fischer; Rehm Jürgen; David C Marsh; Suzanne Brissette; Julie Bruneau; Nady el-Guebaly; Lina Noël; Mark W Tyndall; T Cameron Wild
Patterns of opioid and cocaine co-use: a descriptive study in a Canadian sample of untreated opioid-dependent individuals.
Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology 2005;13(4):303-10.
2005: Emma Haydon; Jürgen Rehm; Benedikt Fischer; Neerav Monga; Edward M Adlaf
Prescription drug abuse in Canada and the diversion of prescription drugs into the illicit drug market.
Canadian journal of public health. Revue canadienne de santé publique 2005;96(6):459-61.
2005: Benedikt Fischer; S Vasdev; Emma Haydon; Dolly Baliunas; Jürgen Rehm
[Willing to undergo hepatitis C treatment in a sample of injection drug users in Toronto, Canada].
Presse médicale (Paris, France : 1983) 2005;34(17):1209-12.
2005: John Farley; Shawn Vasdev; Benedikt Fischer; Emma Haydon; Jürgen Rehm; Theresa A Farley
Feasibility and outcome of HCV treatment in a Canadian federal prison population.
American journal of public health 2005;95(10):1737-9.
2005: Carol J Strike; William Gnam; Karen A Urbanoski; Benedikt Fischer; David C Marsh; Margaret Millson
Factors predicting 2-year retention in methadone maintenance treatment for opioid dependence.
Addictive behaviors 2005;30(5):1025-8.
2005: Benedikt Fischer; Jürgen Rehm; Suzanne Brissette; Serge Brochu; Julie Bruneau; Nady el-Guebaly; Lina Noël; Mark Tyndall; Cameron Wild; Phil Mun; Dolly Baliunas
Illicit opioid use in Canada: comparing social, health, and drug use characteristics of untreated users in five cities (OPICAN study).
Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine 2005;82(2):250-66.
2005: Emma Haydon; Benedikt Fischer
Crack use as a public health problem in Canada: call for an evaluation of 'safer crack use kits'.
Canadian journal of public health. Revue canadienne de santé publique 2005;96(3):185-8.
2005: Benedikt Fischer; Jürgen Rehm; Gregory Kim; Maritt Kirst
Eyes wide shut?--A conceptual and empirical critique of methadone maintenance treatment.
European addiction research 2005;11(1):1-9; discussion 10-4.
2004: Benedikt Fischer; Emma Haydon; Jürgen Rehm; Mel Krajden; Jens Reimer
Injection drug use and the hepatitis C virus: considerations for a targeted treatment approach--the case study of Canada.
Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine 2004;81(3):428-47.
2004: Benedikt Fischer; Suzanne Brissette; Serge Brochu; Julie Bruneau; Nady el-Guebaly; Lina Noël; Jürgen Rehm; Mark Tyndall; Cameron Wild; Phil Mun; Emma Haydon; Dolly Baliunas
Determinants of overdose incidents among illicit opioid users in 5 Canadian cities.
CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne 2004;171(3):235-9.
2004: Peggy Millson; Laurel Challacombe; Paul Villeneuve; Benedikt Fischer; Carol J Strike; Ted Myers; Ron Shore; Shaun Hopkins; Sara Raftis; Mary Pearson
Self-perceived health among Canadian opiate users: a comparison to the general population and to other chronic disease populations.
Canadian journal of public health. Revue canadienne de santé publique 2004;95(2):99-103.
2003: Benedikt Fischer; Emma Haydon; Gregory Kim; Jürgen Rehm; Nady el-Guebaly
Screening for antisocial personality disorder in drug users--a qualitative exploratory study on feasibility.
International journal of methods in psychiatric research 2003;12(3):151-6.
2002: Benedikt Fischer; Deanna Cape; Natalie Daniel; Louis Gliksman
Methadone treatment in Ontario after the 1996 regulation reforms. Results of a physician survey.
Annales de médecine interne 2002;153(7 Suppl):2S11-21.
2002: Benedikt Fischer; Jürgen Rehm; Gregory Kim; Amanda Robins
Safer injection facilities (SIFs) for injection drug users (IDUs) in Canada. A review and call for an evidence-focused pilot trial.
Canadian journal of public health. Revue canadienne de santé publique 2002;93(5):336-8.
2002: Benedikt Fischer; Jürgen Rehm; Maritt Kirst; Miguel Casas; Wayne Hall; Michael Krausz; Nicky Metrebian; Jean Reggers; Ambros Uchtenhagen; Wim van den Brink; Jan M van Ree
Heroin-assisted treatment as a response to the public health problem of opiate dependence.
European journal of public health 2002;12(3):228-34.
2002: Benedikt Fischer; Julian V Roberts; Maritt Kirst
Compulsory drug treatment in Canada: historical origins and recent developments.
European addiction research 2002;8(2):61-8.
2002: Benedikt Fischer; Adrienne T Chin; Irene Kuo; Maritt Kirst; David Vlahov
Canadian illicit opiate users' views on methadone and other opiate prescription treatment: an exploratory qualitative study.
Substance use & misuse 2002;37(4):495-522.
2001: Benedikt Fischer; Jürgen Rehm
Some reflections on the relationship of risk, harm and responsibility in recent tobacco lawsuits, and implications for public health.
Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de santé publique 2001;92(1):7-8.
2000: R Wall; Jürgen Rehm; Benedikt Fischer; Bruna Brands; Louis Gliksman; J Stewart; Wendy Medved; Joan Blake
Social costs of untreated opioid dependence.
Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine 2000;77(4):688-722.
2000: Benedikt Fischer; Jürgen Rehm; T Blitz-Miller
Injection drug use and preventive measures: a comparison of Canadian and western European jurisdictions over time.
CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne 2000;162(12):1709-13.
2000: Benedikt Fischer
Prescriptions, power and politics: the turbulent history of methadone maintenance in Canada.
Journal of public health policy 2000;21(2):187-210.
1999: Benedikt Fischer; Louis Gliksman; Jürgen Rehm; N Daniel; Wendy Medved
Comparing opiate users in methadone treatment with untreated opiate users: results of a follow-up study with a Toronto opiate user cohort.
Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de santé publique 1999;90(5):299-303.
1998: Benedikt Fischer; Jürgen Rehm
Intoxication, the law and criminal responsibility--a sparkling cocktail at times: the case studies of Canada and Germany.
European addiction research 1998;4(3):89-101.