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Resources
Video | 2020
Overdose, Mortality, Policy/Regulatory, Decriminalization/legalization, Equity, Advocacy, About prescribers, About PWUD, Illegal drugs
This study explores the experiences of adults receiving extended-release buprenorphine (XRB) as a jail-to-community treatment.
Original research | 2022
About PWUD, Barriers and enablers, Legal system/law enforcement, Substitution/OAT
This study examines the relationship between hospital-based or initiated OUD services and the racial/ethnic composition of the surrounding community.
Original research | 2022
Equity, About PWUD, Illegal drugs, Substitution/OAT, Transitions in care/treatment, Hospitals
Traumatic injury frequently requires opioid analgesia to manage pain and avoid catastrophic complications. Risk screening for opioid misuse and the development of use disorder remains uninvestigated
Original research | 2022
Harm reduction, Hesitancy of prescribers , About PWUD, Outcomes, Chronic pain, Mental health, Hospitals
This study investigated the efficacy and safety of providing medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) and individualized telehealth in Kentucky, a state severely impacted simultaneously by the opioid
Original research | 2022
About PWUD, Barriers and enablers, Outcomes, Poverty, Housing, Illegal drugs, Substitution/OAT, Digital health
In 2012, Spain adopted new legislation on opioid prescription (the ROE law), which meant that practitioners no longer needed to obtain extra authorisation in order to prescribe strong opioids.
Original research | 2021
Evidence base, Policy/Regulatory, Safer supply, About prescribers, Outcomes
Recent research suggests people living with HIV use cannabis for pain relief, including as an adjunct to opioids.
Original research | 2021
Decriminalization/legalization, Equity, About PWUD, Outcomes, Illegal drugs, Chronic pain
Our objective is to understand temporal trends in opioid-related crime incidents and the comparability with the dynamic patterns in health-related outcomes.
Original research | 2022
About PWUD, Crime, Illegal drugs
Among hospitalized patients with injection drug use-associated infective endocarditis (IDU-IE) at the two tertiary-care hospitals in the Canadian Maritimes, we aimed to identify (1) the availability o
Original research | 2022
Wrap-around services, About prescribers, Outcomes, Illegal drugs, Small/medium cities, Substitution/OAT, Transitions in care/treatment, Hospitals
The goal of this study was to validate the performance of the Tobacco, Alcohol, Prescription medication, and other Substance use (TAPS) tool in community pharmacy settings compared to a reference-stan
Original research | 2021
About pharmacists, Illegal drugs, Stimulants
Individuals with OUD-associated endocarditis require long periods of complex medical care, often face recurrent addiction- and infection-related complications, and have dismal clinical outcomes.
Original research | 2020
About PWUD, Barriers and enablers, Illegal drugs, Substitution/OAT, Injecting drugs, Stigma, Hospitals
Includes harm reduction tips
Handout | 2013
Withdrawal, Harm reduction, About PWUD, Illegal drugs, 2SLGBTQI+, Stimulants, Sex/Gender
Short visual summary of Blood Ties' "Don't Be An A**hole" best practices report
Infographic | 2018
Clinical guidance, Wrap-around services, Equity, About prescribers, About PWUD, Social services, Barriers and enablers, Indigenous, Small/medium cities, Stigma
We assessed the adoption of increased take-home medication during COVID-19 and whether increased take-home doses is associated with clients' characteristics.
Original research | 2022
Policy/Regulatory, About PWUD, Illegal drugs, Substitution/OAT, Carries/take-home doses
Subgroups within the diverse methamphetamine-using population may have distinct treatment needs.
Original research | 2022
Overdose, Harm reduction, Equity, About PWUD, Outcomes, Poverty, Illegal drugs, Stimulants
Outlines key themes found among people who use drugs about their experiences with various health and social service agencies and providers in Whitehorse
Report | 2018
Clinical guidance, Wrap-around services, Equity, About prescribers, About PWUD, Social services, Barriers and enablers, Indigenous, Small/medium cities, Stigma
This report summarizes all unintentional illicit drug toxicity deaths in British Columbia (accidental and undetermined) that occurred between
Report | 2022
Overdose, Mortality, Evidence base, Safer supply, About PWUD, Outcomes, Illegal drugs, Small/medium cities, Sex/Gender
In Kyrgyzstan, an estimated 35% of people in prison are PWID, and 10% have been diagnosed with HIV.
Original research | 2021
About PWUD, Outcomes, Legal system/law enforcement, Substitution/OAT
