Scott Macdonald, University of Victoria

Research

police youth substance use

Latest papers

Concentrations of Delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in oral fluid at different time points after use: An individual participant meta-analysis.
Heliyon · 2024 · first author
Young People Who Use Drugs Views Toward the Power and Authority of Police Officers.
Contemporary drug problems · 2022
Canada's cannabis legalization and drivers' traffic-injury presentations to emergency departments in Ontario and Alberta, 2015-2019.
Drug and alcohol dependence · 2021

All 35 publications

Latest funding

Police discretion with high risk substance-using youth
SSHRC · 2016 · Principal investigator
$178,557
Substance Use Patterns, Dependence and Related Harms among Lesbian and Bisexual Women
CIHR · 2013 · Supervisor
$17,500
Alcohol, energy drinks and other stimulants: an emergency room study assessing the effects of gender, context and substance use on injury risk
CIHR · 2012 · Co-investigator
$522,556

All 5 grants and awards

35 publications.

01

Concentrations of Delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in oral fluid at different time points after use: An individual participant meta-analysis.

Macdonald S, Zhao J

Heliyon2024First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e39873 PMID: 39584120

02

Young People Who Use Drugs Views Toward the Power and Authority of Police Officers.

Greer A, Selfridge M, Watson TM, Macdonald S, Pauly B

Contemporary drug problems2022

DOI: 10.1177/00914509211058989 PMID: 35465248

03

Canada's cannabis legalization and drivers' traffic-injury presentations to emergency departments in Ontario and Alberta, 2015-2019.

Callaghan RC, Sanches M, Vander Heiden J, Asbridge M, Stockwell T, Macdonald S, Peterman BH, Kish SJ

Drug and alcohol dependence2021

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.109008 PMID: 34508959

04

Event-level outcomes of police interactions with young people in three non-metropolitan cities across British Columbia, Canada.

Card KG, Selfridge M, Greer AM, Hepburn KJ, Fournier AB, Sorge J, Urbanoski K, Pauly B, Benoit C, Lachowsky NJ, Macdonald S

The International journal on drug policy2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.102824 PMID: 32591221

05

Estimation of the impacts of substance use on workplace productivity: a hybrid human capital and prevalence-based approach applied to Canada.

Sorge JT, Young M, Maloney-Hall B, Sherk A, Kent P, Zhao J, Stockwell T, Perlova K, Macdonald S, Ferguson B

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2020

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-019-00271-8 PMID: 31792845

06

Reply to Beckson et al. (2019): Cannabis, crashes, and blood: challenges for observational research.

Brubacher JR, MacDonald S, Mann R, Eppler J, Asbridge M, Chan H

Addiction (Abingdon, England)2020

DOI: 10.1111/add.14913 PMID: 31783429

07

"It's like super structural" - Overdose experiences of youth who use drugs and police in three non-metropolitan cities across British Columbia.

Selfridge M, Greer A, Card KG, Macdonald S, Pauly B

The International journal on drug policy2020

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2019.102623 PMID: 31865117

08

Cannabis use as a risk factor for causing motor vehicle crashes: a prospective study.

Brubacher JR, Chan H, Erdelyi S, Macdonald S, Asbridge M, Mann RE, Eppler J, Lund A, MacPherson A, Martz W, Schreiber WE, Brant R, Purssell RA

Addiction (Abingdon, England)2019

DOI: 10.1111/add.14663 PMID: 31106494

09

Assessing the impacts of Saskatchewan's minimum alcohol pricing regulations on alcohol-related crime.

Stockwell T, Zhao J, Sherk A, Callaghan RC, Macdonald S, Gatley J

Drug and alcohol review2017

DOI: 10.1111/dar.12471 PMID: 28677345

10

Prevalence of alcohol and drug use in injured British Columbia drivers.

Brubacher JR, Chan H, Martz W, Schreiber W, Asbridge M, Eppler J, Lund A, Macdonald S, Drummer O, Purssell R, Andolfatto G, Mann R, Brant R

BMJ open2016

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009278 PMID: 26966054

Police discretion with high risk substance-using youth

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Macdonald, Scott A.

Keywords: police; youth; substance use

$178,557

Substance Use Patterns, Dependence and Related Harms among Lesbian and Bisexual Women

SupervisorCIHR2013Master's Award: Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Flagg, Jackson R

Keywords: Alcohol; Canada; Drugs; Lesbian And Bisexual Women; Regression Modelling; Substance Use

$17,500

Alcohol, energy drinks and other stimulants: an emergency room study assessing the effects of gender, context and substance use on injury risk

Co-investigatorCIHR2012Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Stockwell, Timothy R; Cherpitel, Cheryl J

Keywords: Alcohol Use; Case-Control; Case-Crossover; Drinking Context; Emergency Department; Energy Drinks; Gender; Injury; Simultaneous Polysubstance Use; Stimulant Use

$522,556

Does minimum pricing reduce the burden of disease and injury attributable to alcohol?

Co-investigatorCIHR2009Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Stockwell, Timothy R

Keywords: Alcohol Related Diseases; Alcohol Related Trauma; Economics; Policy; Prevention; Public Health

$394,686

Kettil Bruun Society Symposium on Social and Epidemiological Research on Alcohol

Principal investigatorSSHRC2007Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences in Canada

Principal investigators: Macdonald, Scott A.

Keywords: alcohol; addictions; substance abuse; social consequences; epidemiology; etiology; treatment; prevention; police; harm reduction

$13,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Emergency Medicine
Community Health and Epidemiology
Criminology
Sociology
Medicine
Health Information Science
Nursing
Other

Co-authors at University of Victoria, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Mark Asbridge

Community Health and Epidemiology

4 shared papers, latest 2021

Jane Buxton

Emergency Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2013

Roy Purssell

Emergency Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2016

Elizabeth Borycki

Health Information Science

1 shared papers, latest 2013

Robert Mann

Physics and Astronomy

1 shared papers, latest 2020

Karen Urbanoski

School of Public Health & Social Policy

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Gerald Thomas

Nursing

1 shared papers, latest 2012

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: police Dear Professor Macdonald, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Concentrations of Delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in oral fluid at different time points after use: An individual participant meta-analysis." (2024), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]

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