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This study sought to characterize the gap in OAT treatment using a cascade of care framework, and determine factors associated with engagement and retention in treatment.

This review of clinical research reports the evidence regarding biomedical and behavioral treatments for psychostimulant withdrawal symptoms.

This study sought to characterize the prevalence and correlates of having difficulty accessing SCS during the COVID-19 pandemic among people who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada.

To explore the similarities and differences of organization-based and informal spotting (remote supervision of substance use) from the perspectives of spotters and spottees across Canada.

We investigated whether depiction of the characteristics of decedents represented in news articles about drug related deaths (DRD) was associated with differences in stigmatising attitudes and supp

Drawing on qualitative interviews and ethnographic fieldwork with actors engaged in an Australian illicit drug policy reform campaign, this paper examines how particular modes of personal connectio

This study examines public attitudes towards the punishment of medical cannabis (MC) diversion in Israel.

This observational prospective study aimed to determine whether duration to the earning of privileges of “take-home” methadone doses (as a part of behavioral enforcement) reflects long-term outcome

To paint a portrait of safer supply practices in Quebec

Little is known about how place impacts fatal overdose for people experiencing homelessness (PEH) who use drugs beyond the public versus private domains.

We aimed to characterize injecting practices among real-world populations of persons who regularly inject buprenorphine, as well as associated adverse events reported in order to inform a possible

To evaluate provider perspectives on the development and implementation of an inpatient Addiction Medicine Consult Service, including their awareness of the service, its perceived role in the conti

This paper aims to inform policy and practice by analysing changes in the tobacco, alcohol and illicit drug use of people experiencing homelessness.

We assessed prevalence, predictors, and associated behaviors of neck injection through a survey fielded in San Francisco, California, US.

In this study, we evaluate whether COVID-19 and subsequent opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment policies impacted receipt of therapy/counseling and medication for OUD (MOUD) for veterans.

This study aims to understand the role of peers in overdose response settings and their experiences interacting with emergency service providers (ESPs) within the context of the Good Samaritan D

Our primary objective was to evaluate how the Indigenous Healing and Seeking Safety (IHSS) model impacted residential addiction treatment program completion rates.

We conducted qualitative interviews with encampment residents to explore how mutual support occurred within the social context of encampments.