Stimulant safe supply: a potential opportunity to respond to the overdose epidemic

Commentary
par
Fleming, Taylor et al

Date de publication

2020

Géographie

Canada

Langue de la ressource

English

Texte disponible en version intégrale

Oui

Open Access / OK to Reproduce

Oui

Évalué par des pairs

Unknown

L’objectif

Constatations/points à retenir

Current treatments for stimulant use disorder have limited effectiveness, and even less applicability to the lived realities of marginalized stimulant users. Emerging technologies, such as drug checking, are being implemented to support safer stimulant use, but the accessibility and utility of these technologies to stimulant users are framed by experiences of vulnerability that render them largely ineffective.

Mots clés

Safer supply
Equity
Barriers and enablers
Poverty
Stimulants
Peer/PWLLE program involvement