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We aimed to understand staff perceptions of medication diversion from jail-based MOUD programs and the factors that contribute to and prevent diversion.

Original research | 2022
Legal system/law enforcement, Diversion

This realist systematic review aims to identify a theory of how naloxone works based on the contexts and mechanisms that contribute to the success of the intervention for improved outcomes.

Lit review | 2022
Overdose, Harm reduction, About PWUD, Stigma, Peer/PWLLE program involvement
Guide or handbook | 2021
Safer supply, Stigma, About PWUD, Barriers and enablers

The objective of this study is to describe and characterize the experience of acute care for people who use drugs.

Original research | 2019
Hospitals, About PWUD, Stigma, Barriers and enablers
Report | 2019
Policy/Regulatory, Decriminalization/legalization

Utilizing businesses as fixed location sources of naloxone could be a valuable supplemental strategy to preventing fatal overdoses that is underexplored in the literature.

Original research | 2022
Harm reduction

This study examined the association between opioid analgesic prescription initiation and suicidal behavior among young people.

Original research | 2022
Mortality, Youth, Safer supply, Outcomes, Chronic pain, Mental health
Guide or handbook | 2018
About PWUD, Harm reduction, Illegal drugs, Injecting drugs

The objective of this review was to synthesize current knowledge of the reasons for combining substances in a single defined episode of drug use.

Lit review | 2022
About PWUD, Illegal drugs, Stimulants

We sought to identify and synthesize literature on the following domains: (a) the influence of drug checking services on the behaviour of people who use drugs; (b) monitoring of drug markets by dru

Original research | 2021
Drug checking, Illegal drugs

We aimed to assess the validity of self-reported drug use compared to urine testing among treatment-seeking patients with opioid use disorder.

Original research | 2022
About prescribers, About PWUD, Illegal drugs

Current evidence suggests that the non-medical use of synthetic opioids, stimulants and patterns of polysubstance use are major factors contributing to the increase in drug poisoning deaths in Cana

Original research | 2022
Mortality, About PWUD, Stimulants

This review: (1) summarizes results from RCTs concerning the comparative effectiveness of HAT for reducing criminal activity and (2) examines the role of different mechanisms for explaining changes

Lit review | 2021
Evidence base, Safer supply, Crime, Outcomes

Our objective was to estimate the extent to which a hypothetical intervention that increased buprenorphine dose in response to opioid use would affect risk of relapse over 24 weeks of follow-up.

Original research | 2022
Substitution/OAT, About PWUD

In this Commentary, we discuss the potential advantages and disadvantages of social accountability strategies in promoting the availability of a full range of sexual and reproductive health service

Commentary | 2022
Stigma, Peer/PWLLE program involvement

We describe the implementation of a hospital intervention that provides harm reduction education and equipment (e.g., syringes, pipes, and fentanyl test strips) to patients via an addiction consult

Original research | 2022
Hospitals, Wrap-around services, About prescribers

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