Cannabis use disorder and adverse cardiovascular outcomes: A population-based retrospective cohort analysis of adults from Alberta, Canada.

Aim: To measure the association between cannabis use disorder (CUD) and adverse cardiovascular disease (CVD) outcomes.

Design And Setting: We conducted a matched, population-based retrospective cohort study involving five linked administrative health databases from Alberta, Canada.

Participants: We identified participants with CUD diagnosis codes and matched them to participants without CUD codes by gender, year of birth and time of presentation to the health system.

Media coverage of harm reduction, 2000-2016: A content analysis of tone, topics, and interventions in Canadian print news.

Background: Harm reduction interventions reduce mortality and morbidity for people who use drugs (PWUD), but are contentious and haphazardly implemented. This study describes volume and content of Canadian newspaper coverage of harm reduction produced from 2000 to 2016.

Methods: Searches of 54 English-language newspapers identified 5681 texts, coded for type (news reports, opinion pieces), tone (positive, negative, or neutral/balanced coverage), topic (health, crime, social welfare, and political perspectives on harm reduction), and seven harm reduction interventions.

Trends in psychiatric disorders prevalence and prescription patterns of children in Alberta, Canada.

Purpose: To describe the trends in the prevalence and incidence of children with psychiatric disorders, the types of medication prescribed, and the type of physician providing the prescriptions.

Method: This retrospective study linked six population-based administrative databases (2008-2015) in Alberta, Canada.

Results: The prevalence of paediatric psychiatric disorders increased from 12.