Susan Boyd, University of Victoria

Research

heroin heroin-assisted treatment drug law and policy analysis addiction socio-historical charter analysis media analysis qualitative methodology

Latest papers

Self-reported reductions in tobacco and nicotine use following medical cannabis initiation: Results from a cross-sectional survey of authorized medical cannabis patients in Canada.
Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2021
The impact of non-medical cannabis legalization and other exposures on retention in longitudinal cannabis research: a survival analysis of a prospective study of Canadian medical cannabis patients.
Journal of cannabis research · 2021
Heroin and the illegal drug overdose death epidemic: A history of missed opportunities and resistance.
The International journal on drug policy · 2021 · first author

All 14 publications

Latest funding

Heroin: social problem and emerging drug treatment in Canada
SSHRC · 2016 · Principal investigator
$129,618
CIHR Centre for Research on Gender and Social Disparities in Mental Health and Addictions
CIHR · 2009 · Co-investigator
$1,990,117
Media, methamphetamine, and marijuana grow-op project
SSHRC · 2007 · Principal investigator
$78,261

All 4 grants and awards

14 publications.

01

Self-reported reductions in tobacco and nicotine use following medical cannabis initiation: Results from a cross-sectional survey of authorized medical cannabis patients in Canada.

Lucas P, Walsh Z, Hendricks PS, Boyd S, Milloy MJ

Journal of substance abuse treatment2021

DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2021.108481 PMID: 34118713

02

The impact of non-medical cannabis legalization and other exposures on retention in longitudinal cannabis research: a survival analysis of a prospective study of Canadian medical cannabis patients.

Lucas P, Boyd S, Milloy MJ, Walsh Z

Journal of cannabis research2021

DOI: 10.1186/s42238-021-00089-7 PMID: 34321108

03

Heroin and the illegal drug overdose death epidemic: A history of missed opportunities and resistance.

Boyd S

The International journal on drug policy2021First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.102938 PMID: 33248836

04

A highly charged field: Mapping energies, currents and desires for reform in Canadian expert responses to drug law.

Seear K, Fraser S, Boyd S

The International journal on drug policy2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.102936 PMID: 33059954

05

Cannabis Significantly Reduces the Use of Prescription Opioids and Improves Quality of Life in Authorized Patients: Results of a Large Prospective Study.

Lucas P, Boyd S, Milloy MJ, Walsh Z

Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.)2021

DOI: 10.1093/pm/pnaa396 PMID: 33367882

06

Reductions in alcohol use following medical cannabis initiation: results from a large cross-sectional survey of medical cannabis patients in Canada.

Lucas P, Boyd S, Milloy MJ, Walsh Z

The International journal on drug policy2020

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.102963 PMID: 33068830

07

Problematizing the DSM-5 criteria for opioid use disorder: A qualitative analysis.

Boyd S, Ivsins A, Murray D

The International journal on drug policy2020First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.102690 PMID: 32278265

08

From risky places to safe spaces: Re-assembling spaces and places in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.

Ivsins A, Vancouver Area Network Of Drug Users, Benoit C, Kobayashi K, Boyd S

Health & place2019Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2019.102164 PMID: 31382220

09

Gendered drug policy: Motherisk and the regulation of mothering in Canada.

Boyd S

The International journal on drug policy2019First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2018.10.007 PMID: 30583823

10

Erratum to: Telling our stories: heroin-assisted treatment and SNAP activism in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver.

Boyd S, Murray D, SNAP, MacPherson D

Harm reduction journal2017First author

DOI: 10.1186/s12954-017-0161-2 PMID: 28599672

Heroin: social problem and emerging drug treatment in Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Boyd, Susan C.

Keywords: heroin; heroin-assisted treatment; drug law and policy analysis; addiction; socio-historical; charter analysis; media analysis; qualitative methodology; text and visual representation; drug problems; voices of people who use heroin; health policy

$129,618

CIHR Centre for Research on Gender and Social Disparities in Mental Health and Addictions

Co-investigatorCIHR2009Centres for Research Development in Gender, Mental Health and Addictions - FA

Principal investigators: Morrow, Marina H; Chodos, Howard; Goldner, Elliot M

Keywords: Gender And Sex Based Analysis; Intersectional Analysis; Mental Health; Multi-Methods (Qualitative And Quantitative); Social Inequities; Substance Abuse

$1,990,117

Media, methamphetamine, and marijuana grow-op project

Principal investigatorSSHRC2007Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Boyd, Susan C.

Keywords: drug policy; media analysis; cultural criminology; methampehtamines; cannabis; gender; qualitative research

$78,261

Drug films, justice, and society study

Principal investigatorSSHRC2003Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Boyd, Susan C.

Keywords: illegal drugs; media; film; justice; ideologies; treatment; race; class; and gender representation

$44,692

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

Medicine
Other Political Science
Sociology
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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.

Zach Walsh

Medicine

4 shared papers, latest 2021

Donald MacPherson

Other Political Science

2 shared papers, latest 2017

Thomas Kerr

Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2015

Cecilia Benoit

Sociology

1 shared papers, latest 2019

Jade Boyd

Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2015

Andrew Ivsins

Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2020

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: heroin Dear Professor Boyd, 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 "Self-reported reductions in tobacco and nicotine use following medical cannabis initiation: Results from a cross-sectional survey of authorized medical cannabis patients in Canada." (2021), 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]