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Prescribers’ satisfaction with delivering medications for opioid use disorder

The current study describes the satisfaction of prescribers delivering buprenorphine and XR-naltrexone while examining whether satisfaction is associated with current patient census and organizational

Original research | 2021

About prescribers, Substitution/OAT

Prevalence of co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorder and association with overdose: a linked data cohort study among residents of British Columbia, Canada

To estimate the treated prevalence of mental illness, substance use disorder (SUD) and dual diagnosis and the association between dual diagnosis and fatal and non-fatal overdose among residents of Bri

Original research | 2021

Overdose, About PWUD, Outcomes, Illegal drugs, Mental health

Prevalence of Mental Health and Addiction Service use Prior to and During Incarceration in Provincial Jails in Ontario, Canada: A Retrospective Cohort Study

The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of mental health and addiction-related service use in the 5 years prior to and during incarceration.

Original research | 2021

Legal system/law enforcement, Mental health

Public health responses to the opioid crisis in North America

Promotes a public health response to the opioid crisis, with considerations of safe supply, naloxone, drug checking, and a number of determinants of health

Commentary | 2019

Policy/Regulatory, Safer supply, Equity, Advocacy, Social services, Poverty, Housing, Drug checking, Substitution/OAT, Stigma

Reducing harm through the development of good preparation practices for the injection of slow release morphine sulphate capsules

Our objective was to find “good preparation practices” for slow release morphine sulphate capsules, namely preparation methods that reduce harm, that are evidence-based and that are acceptable to peop

Original research | 2020

Harm reduction, Safer supply, About PWUD, Injecting drugs

Regulation and accreditation of addictive behaviour applications—navigating the landscape

Regulation and accreditation may encourage the uptake and use of evidence-based addictive behaviour apps, yet this is a complex and confusing landscape.

Commentary | 2021

Policy/Regulatory, Digital health

Results from a mobile drug checking pilot program using three technologies in Chicago, IL, USA

Assess whether mobile drug checking is feasible

Original research | 2021

Illegal drugs, Drug checking

Slow release oral morphine versus methadone for the treatment of opioid use disorder

To assess the efficacy of slow release oral morphine (SROM) as a treatment for opioid use disorder

Lit review | 2019

Evidence base, Safer supply, About prescribers, Outcomes, Illegal drugs, Substitution/OAT

Social justice in harm reduction practice: Community-based practitioner perspectives

Explore how harm reduction workers understand and experience their work, and how practice and training could be improved

Thesis | 2016

Policy/Regulatory, Workplace

Stakeholder preferences for supervised consumption site design, staff, and ancillary services: A scoping review of feasibility studies

We conducted a scoping review of feasibility studies reporting on preferred SCS design characteristics, staffing models and ancillary services.

Scoping review | 2021

Overdose, Clinical guidance, About prescribers, About PWUD, Illegal drugs, SCS/OPS

The filter of choice: filtration method preference among injecting drug users

In France, drug users have access to sterile cotton filters for 15 years and to an IDUSF (the Sterifilt®) for 5 years.

Original research | 2011

Harm reduction, Safer supply, About PWUD, Injecting drugs

“Prevention of opioid use disorder: the HOME (housing, opportunities, motivation and engagement) feasibility study”

In the present study, we piloted an adapted model of Housing First plus prevention services that was tailored to the needs of young adults (18–24 years) experiencing homelessness in the USA.

Original research | 2021

Harm reduction, Wrap-around services, Social services, Outcomes, Poverty, Housing, Illegal drugs, Youth, Social benefits

"It's Helped Me a Lot, Just Like to Stay Alive": a Qualitative Analysis of Outcomes of a Novel Hydromorphone Tablet Distribution Program in Vancouver, Canada

This study examined outcomes of a hydromorphone tablet distribution program intended to prevent overdose events among people who use drugs (PWUD) at high risk of fatal overdose.

Original research | 2020

Wrap-around services, Safer supply, Equity, About PWUD, Barriers and enablers, Outcomes, Illegal drugs, Transitions in care/treatment

A Descriptive Comparison of Substance Use Services in Recovery and Isolation Sites for People Experiencing Homelessness During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Boston and Toronto

In this commentary, we examine the experiences in Boston and Toronto in addressing substance use in COVID-19 isolation and recovery settings.

Commentary | 2021

Overdose, Harm reduction, Policy/Regulatory, Safer supply, Decriminalization/legalization, Advocacy, Housing, Illegal drugs, Injecting drugs, SCS/OPS, Hospitals

Barriers and facilitators to a novel low-barrier hydromorphone distribution program in Vancouver, Canada: a qualitative study

To examine barriers and facilitators to uptake of, and engagement with, a novel opioid distribution program operating in Vancouver, Canada’s Downtown Eastside neighborhood involving the distribution o

Original research | 2020

Safer supply, About PWUD, Barriers and enablers

Cannabis education resources for parents: an environmental scan and critical content analysis in the context of legalization

This paper presents findings of an environmental scan, mapping and critically analyzing the present landscape of cannabis resources for parents/caregivers.

Lit review | 2021

About PWUD, Youth, Peer/PWLLE program involvement

Changing the Narrative

Changing The Narrative is a network of reporters, researchers, academics, and advocates concerned about the way media represents drug use and addiction.

Webpage | 2021

Policy/Regulatory, Equity, Advocacy, Social services, Crime, Legal system/law enforcement, Illegal drugs, Stigma

Characteristics of Adults Reporting Illicitly Manufactured Fentanyl or Heroin Use or Prescription Opioid Misuse in The United States, 2019

This study aims to explore the characteristics of US adults who used illicitly manufactured fentanyl (IMF), heroin, or misused prescription opioids and examine the associations between demographic, cl

Original research | 2021

Overdose, Evidence base, Equity, Illegal drugs

Correlations between Changes in Medical Opioid Dispensing and Contributions of Fentanyl to Opioid-Related Overdose Fatalities: Exploratory Analyses from Canada

The present study examined whether differential provincial reductions in medical opioid dispensing following restrictive regulations (post-2010) were associated with differential contributions of fent

Original research | 2021

Mortality, Evidence base, Harm reduction, Policy/Regulatory, Hesitancy of prescribers , Advocacy