Substance use frequency, device-sharing, and used substances in Canadian prisons: results from Correctional Service Canada’s National Health Survey
This study provides updated estimates of substance use among people who are incarcerated in Canadian federal prisons. Furthermore, this study provides the frequency of substance use, the most used substance types and device sharing information across three different ingestion methods, which has not been done previously.
Authors
- Jonathan D. Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0415-386X)
- Marie-Pierre Gendron
- Róger Martín (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7564-9216)
- Kayla A. Wanamaker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0211-4672)
- Paul Sandstrom (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5952-3664)
- Shannon M. Thompson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0521-7562)
- Sara Johnson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0811-2670)
- Lynne Leonard
- Daniella Filoso
- Wardah Mahboob
Institutions
- University of Ottawa (CA)
- Public Health Agency of Canada (CA)
- Government of Canada (CA)
- Ottawa Public Health (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Prison Health
- Published
- 2025-09-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1108/ijoph-03-2025-0023
- Primary Topic
- Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00