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MEMBERSHIP FEEDBACK SURVEY
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In collaboration with the team at Transform Practice, we have now started an evaluation of the NSS-CoP and all the work that has been done since its creation! As part of this evaluation process, we're asking all NSS-CoP members to please take the time to fill out our membership feedback survey! We want to hear from you about what we are doing well, what hasn’t worked well, and what ideas you have for us. This survey has 18 questions (12 multiple choice and 6 open-ended) and will take approximately 5-10 minutes to complete. The survey is anonymous. We do not collect your name or email address. Thank you in advance for participating and offering your feedback to help us grow as a community of practice, it is greatly valued!
English and French NSS-CoP 2021-22 Membership Feedback Survey
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Meeting Minutes:
Full meeting minutes can be found in the meeting notes and resources folder on the National Safer Supply Community of Practice Google Drive.
July 7th, 2022
- Social model of overdose prevention sites
- Drug checking services and results
- Funding for drug testing
July 14th, 2022
- Clonidine and its effects on safer supply
- Drug alert reporting website
- Social prescribing and how it connects to safer supply
July 21st, 2022
- Referring clients to safer supply programs
- How to best navigate clients on safer supply who are out of town for a short period of time
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NSS-CoP Resource Library: Did you know we have a resource library with OVER 700 resources on safer supply? You can access it for FREE anytime. It features academic journal articles, grey literature, knowledge translation materials, clinical practice guidelines, and more!
A Report on British Columbia’s Unregulated Drug Supply: Drug checking trends across British Columbia, January to December 2021 - British Columbia Centre on Substance Use: The purpose of this report is to provide a summary of the substances that were submitted to drug checking in sites across British Columbia, as well as highlight any trends in the unregulated drug supply in 2021. The data is presented both by health authority regions, and by drug category, to provide an in-depth look at how the unregulated drug supply varies between region, and how it changed across the year. The data presented was collected by technicians at community sites where drug checking is available, using benzodiazepine and fentanyl immunoassay test strips and Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. Samples were grouped into the following categories: opioids, stimulants, depressants, psychedelics, other, polysubstance, and unknown.
Family Physician Remuneration for Substance Use Disorders Care [Report] - Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction: This report explores Canadian physicians’ experiences and perspectives on using the fee-for-service remuneration model to care for patients with substance use disorders. The report outlines suggestions to improve patient care for this complex health condition, while compensating family physicians fairly for their time and expertise.
Where To?: This new online directory is for people looking for HIV, hepatitis C, sexual health or harm reduction services in Canada, with additional resources to support their journey to health and wellness. The website allows you to search for services by location or by type of service. CATIE operates and maintains this website. Service providers can also register their own organization. An administrator will review your listing before it gets published.
Crackdown Podcast - Episode 34: The Iron Law: A new episode of Crackdown Podcast is available. Here's a brief description of the episode: "Drug decriminalization is coming to British Columbia. And that’s a big step forward. Our movement has been fighting for decriminalization for decades. To us, decriminalization means getting cops, courts and jails out of our lives. It means police stop harassing, arresting and seizing dope off of us. For the past year, VANDU sent Garth and others to sit on a government committee and fight for this vision. Unsurprisingly, much of our advice was disregarded. But the cops fought for low thresholds - and won. That means that a big proportion of drug users in BC will remain criminalized. Cops and politicians have also made noise about ramping up enforcement on dealers. On today’s show, I talk to Leo Beletsky about why this is a bad idea that could make the overdose crisis even worse."
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RESEARCH PAPER OF THE MONTH
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Haines, M., & O’Byrne, P. (2022). Nurse-led safer opioid supply and HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis: a novel pilot project | Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease
Highlights:
- This is a prospective, single-group interventional study involving the creation of a partnership between a safer opioid supply program and an HIV PrEP program, both of which were nurse-led.
- This novel integration of programs appeared to be a highly effective way to expand access to HIV prevention among people who use drugs.
- Given the historical and current mistreatment of people who use drugs within the healthcare system, rapport, and trust were essential to the uptake of HIV PrEP services.
- Further, the importance of infectious disease screening among people who use drugs is underscored, and built-in program flexibility and low barrier access is essential.
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We encourage NSS-CoP members to email info@nss-aps.ca with submissions to include in our newsletter. Content examples include but are not limited to community-led projects, peer-reviewed articles, grey literature, government publications, etc.
- Pilarinos, A., et al. (2022). Navigating Opioid Agonist Therapy among Young People who use Illicit Opioids in Vancouver, Canada | International Journal of Drug Policy
- McCrae, K., et al. (2022). The changing landscape of pharmaceutical alternatives to the unregulated drug supply during COVID-19 | Harm Reduction Journal
- Macmadu, A., et al. (2022). Drug use behaviors, trauma, and emotional affect following the overdose of a social network member: A qualitative investigation | International Journal of Drug Policy
- Rammohan, I., et al. (2022). Drug checking use and interest among people who inject drugs in Toronto, Canada | International Journal of Drug Policy
- Ivsins, A., et al. (2022). The practice and embodiment of “goofballs”: A qualitative study exploring the co-injection of methamphetamines and opioids | International Journal of Drug Policy
- Jozaghi, E., & VANDU. (2022). The overdose epidemic: a study protocol to determine whether people who use drugs can influence or shape public opinion via mass media | Health & Justice
- Dickson-Gomez, J., et al. (2022). The effects of opioid policy changes on transitions from prescription opioids to heroin, fentanyl and injection drug use: a qualitative analysis | Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
- Treloar, C., et al. (2022). Can a new formulation of opiate agonist treatment alter stigma?: Place, time and things in the experience of extended-release buprenorphine depot | International Journal of Drug Policy
- Kitchen, S. A., et al. (2022). Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the provision of take-home doses of opioid agonist therapy in Ontario, Canada: A population-based time-series analysis | International Journal of Drug Policy
- Lambdin, B. H., et al. (2022). Improving equity and access to buprenorphine treatment through telemedicine at syringe services programs | Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
- Betsos, A., et al. (2022). Beyond Co-Production: The construction of drug checking knowledge in a Canadian supervised injection facility | Social Science & Medicine
- Brothers, T., et al. (2022). Opioid agonist treatment and risk of death or rehospitalization following injection drug use–associated bacterial and fungal infections: A cohort study in New South Wales, Australia | PLOS Medicine
- Cohen, A., et al. (2022). How the war on drugs impacts social determinants of health beyond the criminal legal system | Annals of Medicine
- Day, N., et al. (2022). Virtual opioid agonist treatment: Alberta’s virtual opioid dependency program and outcomes | Addiction Science & Clinical Practice
- Pasman, E., et al. (2022). Cumulative barriers to retention in methadone treatment among adults from rural and small urban communities | Addiction Science & Clinical Practice
- Zolopa, C., et al. (2022). Ageing and older people who use illicit opioids, cocaine or methamphetamine: a scoping review and literature map | Addiction
- Ray, B., et al. (2022). Prevalence and correlates of incarceration following emergency medical services response to overdose | Drug and Alcohol Dependence
- Hyatt, J. M., et al. (2022). Developing harm reduction policies: Evidence from Copenhagen's drug consumption rooms | Drug and Alcohol Review
- Kievit, B., et al. (2022). Intention to seek emergency medical services during community overdose events in British Columbia, Canada: a cross-sectional survey | Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
- Stowe, M-J., et al. (2022). The challenges, opportunities and strategies of engaging young people who use drugs in harm reduction: insights from young people with lived and living experience | Harm Reduction Journal
- Bharat, C., et al. (2022). Trends in opioid analgesic utilisation among people with a history of opioid dependence | Drug and Alcohol Dependence
- Whittall, J. P., et al. (2022). Resuscitation simulation among people who are likely to witness opioid overdose: Experiences from the SOONER Trial | PLOS ONE
- Bobashev, G. V., & Warren, L. K. (2022). National Polydrug Use Patterns among People Who Misuse Prescription Opioids and People Who Use Heroin. Results from the National Household Survey on Drug Use and Health | Drug and Alcohol Dependence
- Yoon, G. H., et al. (2022). Implementation and sustainability of safe consumption sites: a qualitative systematic review and thematic synthesis | Harm Reduction Journal
- Lodge, A., et al. (2022). A novel home- and community-based mobile outreach detoxification service for individuals identifying problematic substance use: implementation and program evaluation | Innovations in Policy and Practice
- Jones, C., et al. (2022). Methadone-Involved Overdose Deaths in the US Before and After Federal Policy Changes Expanding Take-Home Methadone Doses From Opioid Treatment Programs | JAMA Psychiatry
- Wakeman, S. E., et al. (2022). Predictors of engagement and retention in care at a low-threshold substance use disorder bridge clinic | Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
- Soni, A., et al. (2022). Feasibility and effectiveness of deprescribing benzodiazepines and Z-drugs; systematic review and meta-analysis | Addiction
- Parks Thomas, C., et al. (2022). Emergency department interventions for opioid use disorder: A synthesis of emerging models | Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
- Jutras-Aswad, D., et al. (2022). Flexible Buprenorphine/Naloxone Model of Care for Reducing Opioid Use in Individuals With Prescription-Type Opioid Use Disorder: An Open-Label, Pragmatic, Noninferiority Randomized Controlled Trial | American Journal of Psychiatry
- Degenhardt, L., et al. (2022). The associations between traumatic experiences and subsequent onset of a substance use disorder: Findings from the World Health Organization World Mental Health surveys | Drug and Alcohol Dependence
- Acheson, L. S., et al. (2022). Pharmacological treatment for methamphetamine withdrawal: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials | Drug and Alcohol Review
- Knaub, R. J., et al. (2022). A Pilot Study of a Mixed-Method Approach to Design an ED-based Peer mHealth Referral Tool for HIV/HCV and Opioid Overdose Prevention Services | Drug and Alcohol Dependence
- Broman, M. J., et al. (2022). Social support is associated with reduced stigma and shame in a sample of rural and small urban adults in methadone treatment | Addiction Research & Theory
- Aronowitz, S. V., et al. (2022). Problematizing “patient stability” in opioid use disorder care: Flexible definitions, (in)flexible treatment | International Journal of Drug Policy
- Thakarar, K., et al. (2022). The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people who inject drugs accessing harm reduction services in an rural American state | Harm Reduction Journal
- Zheng, A., et al. (2022). Risk of non-medical drug overdose following prescription of opioids post-injury: A retrospective cohort study | Statistics Canada
- Iynkkaran, I., et al. (2022). Sentinel surveillance of injuries and poisonings associated with cocaine and other substance use: results from the Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting and Prevention Program (CHIRPP) | HPCDP Journal
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