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Canada's overdose crisis: authorities are not acting fast enough

Response to Benedikt Fischer et al
Letter | 2019
Overdose, Policy/Regulatory, Safer supply, Decriminalization/legalization, Advocacy, Illegal drugs, SCS/OPS

Canada’s Response to the Dual Public Health Crises: A Cautionary Tale

Commentary | 2021
Mortality, Safer supply, Decriminalization/legalization, About prescribers, Illegal drugs, Transitions in care/treatment, Diversion

Considering Heroin-Assisted Treatment and Supervised Drug Consumption Sites in the United States

Given the severity of the opioid crisis, there is urgency to evaluate tools that might reduce its impact and save lives.
Report | 2018
Overdose, Harm reduction, Policy/Regulatory, Safer supply, SCS/OPS

Do naloxone access laws affect perceived risk of heroin use? Evidence from national US data

Assess how implementation of naloxone access laws shapes perceived risk of heroin use.
Original research | 2021
Harm reduction, Hesitancy of prescribers , Advocacy

Early innovations in opioid use disorder treatment and harm reduction during the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review

We describe new services and service modifications implemented by treatment and harm reduction programs serving PWUO, and discuss implications for policy and practice.

Scoping review | 2021
Evidence base, Policy/Regulatory, Safer supply, About prescribers, Carries/take-home doses

Health impacts of a scale-up of supervised injection services in a Canadian setting: an interrupted time series analysis

In response to a dramatic rise in overdose deaths due to injection drug use, there was a rapid scale-up of low-threshold supervised injection services (SIS), termed ‘overdose prevention sites’ (OPS),
Original research | 2021
Harm reduction, About PWUD, Outcomes, Illegal drugs, SCS/OPS

Improved syringe disposal practices associated with unsanctioned safe consumption site use: A cohort study of people who inject drugs in the United States

We evaluated an unsanctioned safe consumption site in an undisclosed United States city in 2018–2020 to assess whether use of the site was associated with improper syringe disposal practices.
Original research | 2021
Evidence base, Outcomes, Illegal drugs, SCS/OPS

Perceived unmet substance use and mental health care needs of acute care patients who use drugs: A cross-sectional analysis using the Behavioral Model for Vulnerable Populations

The perceived unmet service needs of acute care-seeking people who use illegal drugs (PWUD) have been poorly documented, despite evidence of frequent hospital utilisation.
Original research | 2021
Wrap-around services, About PWUD, Social services, Barriers and enablers, Housing, Crime, Illegal drugs, Mental health

Practices of care among people who buy, use, and sell drugs in community settings

We examine the integration of people who sell drugs directly into harm reduction service provision, and their practices of care with other PWUD in their community.
Original research | 2020
Harm reduction, About PWUD, Illegal drugs, Peer/PWLLE program involvement, SCS/OPS, Diversion

Prescribers’ satisfaction with delivering medications for opioid use disorder

The current study describes the satisfaction of prescribers delivering buprenorphine and XR-naltrexone while examining whether satisfaction is associated with current patient census and organizational
Original research | 2021
About prescribers, Substitution/OAT

Prevalence of co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorder and association with overdose: a linked data cohort study among residents of British Columbia, Canada

To estimate the treated prevalence of mental illness, substance use disorder (SUD) and dual diagnosis and the association between dual diagnosis and fatal and non-fatal overdose among residents of Bri
Original research | 2021
Overdose, About PWUD, Outcomes, Illegal drugs, Mental health

Prevalence of Mental Health and Addiction Service use Prior to and During Incarceration in Provincial Jails in Ontario, Canada: A Retrospective Cohort Study

The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of mental health and addiction-related service use in the 5 years prior to and during incarceration.
Original research | 2021
Legal system/law enforcement, Mental health

Public health responses to the opioid crisis in North America

Promotes a public health response to the opioid crisis, with considerations of safe supply, naloxone, drug checking, and a number of determinants of health
Commentary | 2019
Policy/Regulatory, Safer supply, Equity, Advocacy, Social services, Poverty, Housing, Drug checking, Substitution/OAT, Stigma

Reducing harm through the development of good preparation practices for the injection of slow release morphine sulphate capsules

Our objective was to find “good preparation practices” for slow release morphine sulphate capsules, namely preparation methods that reduce harm, that are evidence-based and that are acceptable to peop
Original research | 2020
Harm reduction, Safer supply, About PWUD, Injecting drugs

Regulation and accreditation of addictive behaviour applications—navigating the landscape

Regulation and accreditation may encourage the uptake and use of evidence-based addictive behaviour apps, yet this is a complex and confusing landscape.
Commentary | 2021
Policy/Regulatory, Digital health

Results from a mobile drug checking pilot program using three technologies in Chicago, IL, USA

Assess whether mobile drug checking is feasible

Original research | 2021
Illegal drugs, Drug checking

Slow release oral morphine versus methadone for the treatment of opioid use disorder

To assess the efficacy of slow release oral morphine (SROM) as a treatment for opioid use disorder
Lit review | 2019
Evidence base, Safer supply, About prescribers, Outcomes, Illegal drugs, Substitution/OAT

Social justice in harm reduction practice: Community-based practitioner perspectives

Explore how harm reduction workers understand and experience their work, and how practice and training could be improved
Thesis | 2016
Policy/Regulatory, Workplace

Stakeholder preferences for supervised consumption site design, staff, and ancillary services: A scoping review of feasibility studies

We conducted a scoping review of feasibility studies reporting on preferred SCS design characteristics, staffing models and ancillary services.
Scoping review | 2021
Overdose, Clinical guidance, About prescribers, About PWUD, Illegal drugs, SCS/OPS

The filter of choice: filtration method preference among injecting drug users

In France, drug users have access to sterile cotton filters for 15 years and to an IDUSF (the Sterifilt®) for 5 years.
Original research | 2011
Harm reduction, Safer supply, About PWUD, Injecting drugs

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