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Sameer Imtiaz 2024

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-20336-9
Trends in drug overdose deaths among adults 65 years of age and older in Canada (2000–2022)
Sameer Imtiaz, Farihah Ali, Nat Kaminski, Cayley Russell, Jürgen Rehm
Although young adults and middle-aged adults have borne the brunt of the drug overdose crisis in Canada, older adults are also at an increased risk of harms. We examined trends in drug overdose deaths and opioid overdose deaths…

 

TandF.png Changes in modes of cannabis consumption pre- and post-legalization and their correlates among adults in Ontario, Canada: 2017–2022
Yeshambel Nigatu, Sameer Imtiaz, Tara Elton-Marshall, Sergio Rueda, Hayley Hamilton
Despite an increase in the varieties of cannabis products available for consumption, limited evidence is available about the patterns of cannabis consumption methods…
elsevier.jpg Changes in medical cannabis use in Ontario, Canada (2014 to 2019): Trajectory of trends, medical authorization patterns and association with recreational cannabis legalization
Sameer Imtiaz, Yeshambel Nigatu, Farihah Ali, Tara Elton-Marshall, Jürgen Rehm, Sergio Rueda, Hayley Hamilton
We characterized trends in medical cannabis use; examined characteristics associated with medical cannabis use without…
Wiley.jpg Effects of cannabis legalisation on patterns of cannabis consumption among adolescents in Ontario, Canada (2001- 2019)
Created by Sameer Imtiaz, Yeshambel Nigatu, Marcos Sanches, Farihah Ali, Angela Boak, Laura Douglas, Hayley Hamilton, Jürgen Rehm, Sergio Rueda, Robert Schwartz, Samantha Wells, Tara Elton-Marshall.
Cannabis legalisation was enacted on 17 October 2018 in Canada. Accordingly, the effects of cannabis legalisation on patterns of cannabis consumption were examined among adolescents…
elsevier.jpg Cannabis Legalization and Driving under the Influence of Cannabis and Driving under the Influence of Alcohol among Adult and Adolescent Drivers in Ontario, Canada (2001–2019).
Created by Sameer Imtiaz, Yeshambel Nigatu, Farihah Ali, Branka Agic, Tara Elton-Marshall, Huan Jiang, Jürgen Rehm, Sergio Rueda…
Background The impacts of cannabis legalization on driving under the influence of cannabis and driving under the influence of alcohol among adults and adolescents were examined in Ontario, Canada…

 

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