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To examine the relationship between the total number of months with an active buprenorphine prescription (retention) and the odds of an adverse outcome within the 12 months following an index non-f

The current study uses narrative analysis and framing theory to explore the series "Dopesick" (2021), discussing its portrayal of the people and themes involved in the USA opioid crisis.

This study explores perceptions and experiences of overdose among people who smoke drugs.

This report by the Chief Medical Officer of Health for Ontario identifies trends in substance use related harms (especially tobacco and alcohol).

This report maps out the strategies and practices that lie behind today’s most successful advocacy campaigns both in Canada and abroad.

To ensure optimal management of opioid use disorder (OUD), the updated 2024 CRISM National Guideline incorporates recent research, clinical insights, and input from individuals with lived experienc

This study investigated patterns of prescription opioids dispensed in the 12 months before opioid-detected overdose death in Connecticut between May 8, 2016, and January 2, 2018, considering differ

This paper describes a novel, volunteer physician-led interprofessional approach to identifying patients with opioid use disorder (OUD), initiating buprenorphine, and linking to office-based opioid

Is coprescription of hydromorphone tablets or sustained-release oral morphine (opioid risk mitigation guidance [RMG]) and opioid agonist treatment (OAT) associated with subsequent OAT receipt?

The objective of this study was to explore pharmacists’ attitudes, knowledge, and experiences in providing naloxone, dispensing buprenorphine, and selling nonprescription syringes following partici

We provide a synopsis of the 2024 update of the 2018 National Guideline for the Clinical Management of Opioid Use Disorder, from the Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Matters (CRISM).

This study examines how women's feelings of bodily agency while receiving MMT through Opioid Treatment Programs (OTPs) can impact treatment retention.

In 2017, the Fraser Health Authority developed a training program for direct service providers designed to address the connection between provider stress and patient care—a mental health and resili

This study investigates whether there is a community-level relationship between alcohol sales and opioid-related overdose deaths to inform the situating of harm reduction efforts in spaces most lik

In 2018, the planned opening of a second Needle and Syringe Exchange Program (NSP) unit in Stockholm, Sweden, was stopped with reference to protests from the public.

The aim of this review was to classify impacts of climate change for people who use alcohol and other drugs (AoD), as reflected in peer reviewed literature.

The aim of this paper is to outline this position with reference to the evidence for harm reduction, and to argue that harm reduction needs to be implemented into mainstream healthcare settings to