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This pilot study explored the impact of peer navigation integrated into an alcohol and other drug (AOD) telephone helpline.

Original research | 2024
Peer/PWLLE program involvement

Recent evidence suggests that the short-term transition of the opioid crisis from prescription opioids to heroin can be attributed to the reformulation of OxyContin, which substantially reduced acc

Original research | 2021
Overdose, Illegal drugs, Outcomes
Archived webinar | 2024
Indigenous, Harm reduction

Despite benefits, discontinuation is common, with half of patients discontinuing in the first year of treatment.

Original research | 2024
Substitution/OAT, About PWUD, Transitions in care/treatment

Post-overdose outreach programs engage overdose survivors and their families soon after an overdose event.

Original research | 2024
Overdose, Workplace, Mental health
Report | 2024
Policy/Regulatory, Safer supply, Barriers and enablers, Hesitancy of prescribers

In general, there is concern that heterogeneity of a drug mixture adds significant uncertainty when using drug checking results based on a small subsamples.

Original research | 2024
Illegal drugs, Drug checking

We conducted a survey of U.S. state policies that utilize criminal or civil legal system penalties to address prenatal drug use.

Lit review | 2024
Policy/Regulatory, Legal system/law enforcement, Parents/caregivers, About PWUD

We used ethnographic methods to understand the ways in which a sanctioned OPS, situated in a multi-service center, impacts the lives of people who use drugs (PWUD).

Original research | 2024
SCS/OPS, Wrap-around services

This study identified and qualitatively analyzed Reddit content about structural stigma toward opioid use.

Original research | 2024
Stigma, About PWUD

Pandemic income support payments have been speculatively linked to an increased incidence of illicit drug poisoning (overdose). However, existing research is limited.

Original research | 2024
About PWUD, Overdose, Mortality, Social services

We explored the implementation of a needle and syringe program integrated into a large urban tertiary hospital in Western Canada.

Original research | 2024
About PWUD, Injecting drugs, Hospitals, Policy/Regulatory

Our objective was to describe early implementation of Risk Mitigation Guidance (RMG) among prescribers in BC.

Original research | 2024
Safer supply, Policy/Regulatory, About prescribers, Rural/remote, Barriers and enablers, Hesitancy of prescribers

This study seeks to understand the experiences of people who completed a clinical trial of lisdexamfetamine for the treatment of acute methamphetamine withdrawal.

Original research | 2024
Withdrawal, About PWUD, Stimulants, Substitution/OAT

Our objective is to identify profiles based on missed intervention points (touchpoints) to inform prevention of future older adult unintentional overdose deaths.

Original research | 2024
Overdose, Mortality, Sex/Gender , Equity, Chronic pain

We assessed the temporal impact of three population-level interventions on the use of opioid agonist treatment (OAT) during pregnancy in Ontario, Canada.

Original research | 2024
Substitution/OAT, Parents/caregivers

We sought to describe and compare characteristics and circumstances of opioid toxicity deaths across ethno-racial groups.

Original research | 2024
Mortality, Equity, About PWUD

Heroin Assisted Treatment (HAT) is a treatment modality targeted at the most marginalised people who use drugs, at high risk of mortality and morbidity.

Original research | 2024
Safer supply, Evidence base

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