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Resources
Guidelines | 2020
Clinical guidance, Advocacy, Barriers and enablers, Hospitals, About prescribers
This analysis used U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) data to address two questions: (1) To what extent does illegally manufactured fentanyl (IMF) supply vary over time and geography?
Original research | 2022
Drug checking, Illegal drugs
This review aimed to examine the impact and acceptability of community-based models of alcohol and other drug (AOD) support for First Nations adults in Australia.
Lit review | 2022
Indigenous, Wrap-around services
Video | 2022
Hospitals, Stigma, Policy/Regulatory, Harm reduction
We designed this study to analyze the prevalence, nature, and context of beliefs about naloxone and overdose among U.S. laypersons.
Original research | 2022
Overdose, Advocacy
We evaluated: (1) punitive prenatal substance use policies (PSUPs) criminalizing prenatal substance use or defining it as child maltreatment; (2) supportive PSUPs granting pregnant females priority
Original research | 2022
Parents/caregivers, Policy/Regulatory, About PWUD, Barriers and enablers, Sex/Gender
People admitted to compulsory care are known to suffer high mortality risks, but whether the risk of dying is further heightened immediately after discharge is not known.
Original research | 2022
Transitions in care/treatment, About PWUD, Mortality, Policy/Regulatory, Outcomes
The purpose of this study was to qualitatively assess how efforts to increase access to buprenorphine via telehealth are implemented by prescribers and pharmacists and experienced by patients.
Original research | 2022
Policy/Regulatory, About PWUD, About pharmacists, Barriers and enablers, Transitions in care/treatment, Digital health, Stigma
In 2017, the Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act (GSDOA) was enacted, to encourage people to contact emergency medical services by providing bystanders at the scene of an overdose with legal protectio
Original research | 2022
Overdose, Legal system/law enforcement, Policy/Regulatory, Equity, Decriminalization/legalization, Barriers and enablers
No studies to date have described PWUD's perspectives from a real-world setting about ideal fentanyl test strip (FTS) program characteristics.
Original research | 2022
Drug checking, Illegal drugs, About PWUD, Harm reduction
The aim of this study is to explore caregivers’ experiences accessing opioid use treatments with young people and their needs and ideas for improving such treatments.
Original research | 2022
Youth, Illegal drugs, Parents/caregivers, Policy/Regulatory
It is critical to develop empirically based, community-treatment friendly, psychotherapy interventions to improve treatment for patients with comorbid chronic pain and Opioid Use Disorder.
Original research | 2022
About PWUD, Chronic pain
We describe self-reported challenges obtaining prescription opioids among people prescribed opioids long-term for chronic non-cancer pain (CNCP) and explore associations with participant and treatm
Original research | 2022
Chronic pain, About PWUD
We assessed the effects of COVID-19-related changes on take-home methadone dosing in two opioid treatment programs serving five rural Oregon counties.
Original research | 2022
Policy/Regulatory, About PWUD, Outcomes, Illegal drugs, Substitution/OAT, Carries/take-home doses
The goal of this study was to identify provider factors that could drive differences in treatment retention while accounting for the contribution of patient characteristics to retention.
Original research | 2022
Equity, About prescribers, Barriers and enablers, Outcomes
Commentary | 2022
Harm reduction, Policy/Regulatory, Barriers and enablers, About PWUD, Illegal drugs, Youth, SCS/OPS
This study examined disparities in years of potential life lost (YPLL) related to opioid use among racial and ethnic groups adjusting for individual- and neighborhood-level characteristics.
Original research | 2022
Overdose, Mortality, About PWUD, Equity
This study evaluated factors associated with 60-day adherence to novel opioid alternatives prescribed at an inner-city health centre in Victoria, Canada.
Original research | 2022
Mental health, About PWUD, Safer supply, Evidence base, Outcomes
Our study aimed to uncover the role police perceive for themselves at overdose events.
Original research | 2022
Legal system/law enforcement, Overdose, Policy/Regulatory
This study examined:
Infographic | 2022
Barriers and enablers, About PWUD, Hospitals, Hesitancy of prescribers , Equity, Chronic pain, Stigma
