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Yimer, Tesfa Mekonen and Hoch, Eva and Fischer, Benedikt and Dawson, Danielle and Hall, Wayne (2025) The adverse public health effects of non-medical cannabis legalisation in Canada and the USA. The Lancet Public Health , Early online .

Russell, Cayley and Neufeld, Maria and Sabioni, Pamela and Varatharajan, Thepikaa and Ali, Farihah and Miles, Sarah and Henderson, Joanna and Fischer, Benedikt and Rehm, Jürgen (2019) Assessing service and treatment needs and barriers of youth who use illicit and non-medical prescription drugs in Northern Ontario, Canada. PLoS ONE , 14 , (12) .

Robinson, Tessa and Farrokhyar, Forough and Fischer, Benedikt (2024) The associations of supervised consumption services with the rates of opioid-related mortality and morbidity outcomes at the public health unit level in Ontario (Canada): a controlled interrupted time-series analysis. Drug and Alcohol Review , 43 , (7) , pp. 1880-1891.

Fischer, Benedikt and Lindner, Sheila Rubia and Hall, Wayne (2022) Cannabis use and public health: time for a comprehensive harm-to-others framework. The Lancet Public Health , 7 , (10) , e808-e809.

Fischer, Benedikt and Daldegan-Bueno, Dimitri and Boden, Joseph M (2020) Facing the option for the legalisation of cannabis use and supply in New Zealand: an overview of relevant evidence, concepts and considerations. Drug and Alcohol Review , 39 , (5) , pp. 555-567.

Fischer, Benedikt and Jutras-Aswad, Didier and Robinson, Tessa (2024) How has non-medical cannabis legalization served the health and welfare of under-age (adolescent) youth in Canada? The Lancet Regional Health - Americas , 35 .

Fischer, Benedikt and Russell, Cayley and Sabioni, Pamela and van den Brink, Wim and Le Foll, Bernard and Hall, Wayne and Rehm, Jürgen and Room, Robin (2017) Lower-risk cannabis use guidelines: a comprehensive update of evidence and recommendations. American Journal of Public Health , 107 , (8) , e1-e12.

Malta, Monica and Varatharajan, Thepikaa and Russell, Cayley and Pang, Michelle and Bonato, Sarah and Fischer, Benedikt (2019) Opioid-related treatment, interventions, and outcomes among incarcerated persons: a systematic review. PLoS Medicine , 16 , (12) , e1003002.

Fischer, Benedikt and Jutras-Aswad, Didier and Hall, Wayne (2023) Outcomes associated with nonmedical cannabis legalization policy in Canada: taking stock at the 5-year mark. Canadian Medical Association Journal , 195 , (39) , E1351-E1353.

Matsukubo, Jenna and Dickson, Sarah and Xiao, Jennifer and Friesen, Erik Loewen and Solmi, Marco and Fiedorowicz, Jess G and Fischer, Benedikt and Myran, Daniel T (2025) Psilocybin dispensaries and online health claims in Canada. JAMA Network Open , 8 , (4) .

Fischer, Benedikt and Hall, Wayne and Fidalgo, Thiago M and Hoch, Eva and Foll, Bernard Le and Medina-Mora, Maria-Elena and Reimer, Jens and Tibbo, Philip G and Jutras-Aswad, Didier (2023) Recommendations for reducing the risk of cannabis use-related adverse psychosis outcomes: a public mental health-oriented evidence review. Journal of Dual Diagnosis , 19 , (2-3) , pp. 71-96.

Fischer, Benedikt (2020) Some notes on the use, concept and socio-political framing of 'stigma' focusing on an opioid-related public health crisis. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy , 15 , (54) , p. 54.