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Examine 30-day measures of substance use, overdose experiences, and number of “protected” opioid use events, defined as involving naloxone and the presence of another person who could administer it

This study aims to understand the implications that this has for the life circumstances and risk management of people who use drugs in areas of low access.

This rapid review sought to summarize the retention rates reported by randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and controlled observational study designs that compared methadone to buprenorphine (or bup

Assess whether supervised consumption clients use methadone, or whether their use of methadone prevents opioid overdose.

To examine potentially unsafe tapering and discontinuation among dosage changes in opioid prescriptions dispensed to US patients on high-dose long-term opioid therapy.

We aimed to evaluate the association between benzodiazepine use in the first trimester of pregnancy and the risk of major congenital malformations.

Among recipients of opioid agonist therapy (OAT) in Ontario, Canada, early in the COVID-19 pandemic, was there an association between dispensing of increased take-home doses and treatment retention

Peer Support Responders were trained under the Overdose Prevention & Resuscitation (CPR-OPR) program.

Investigated the impact of the expansion in eligibility for take-home doses on trends in the distribution of take-home doses of OAT during COVID-19.

This study explored: (1) the experiences of care of regional and rural clients of an Australian national online text-based substance use counseling service, Counselling Online; (2) their reasons fo

The national trends, geographic distribution, and health risks of Xylazine in combination with other substances are poorly characterized.

This systematic review reports on the features and findings of research on interventions developed specifically to improve substance use outcomes and treatment linkage after inpatient detoxificatio

Little is known about what happens on scene during an overdose call for service from an officer’s perspective, including what officers perceive their duties and responsibilities to be as the incide

This study describes the perspective of professionals in the field of opioid use disorder (OUD), in the province of Quebec (Canada), regarding appropriateness of iOAT for their patients and the obs

We aimed to develop and assess the predictive validity of health system performance measures for opioid use disorder (OUD) in British Columbia (BC), Canada.

The purpose of this study was to identify the extent to which Missouri recovery houses were accepting of methadone, buprenorphine, and naltrexone as well as the extent to which the acceptance of ea

We set out to identify the facilitators and barriers that shape whether people experiencing homelessness initiate medications for opioid use disorder (MOUDs), both generally and after an overdose.

Low-barrier-to-treatment-access programs may be particularly effective at attracting patients experiencing homelessness into MMT; however, the literature on retention in such settings is limited.