title: Crack across the Americas - a massive problem in continued search of viable answers: exemplary views from the North (Canada) and the South (Brazil).
authors.affiliation: Centre for Applied Research in Mental Health and Addiction, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada; Social and Epidemiological Research, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. Electronic address: bfischer@sfu.ca.
authors.forename: Benedikt
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fischer
authors.affiliation: Institute of Psychiatry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marcelo Santos
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Cruz
authors.affiliation: Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Francisco I
authors.initials: FI
authors.lastname: Bastos
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases Division, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tyndall
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D019970:Cocaine-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D016578:Crack Cocaine; D064423:Drug Trafficking / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055030:Drug Users / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004335:Drug and Narcotic Control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014754:Violence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
chemical_list: D016578:Crack Cocaine