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Substance use patterns, sociodemographics, and health profiles of harm reduction service recipients in Burlington, Vermont

Harm Reduction Journal
Background Understanding current substance use practices is critical to reduce and prevent overdose deaths among individuals at increased risk including persons who use and inject drugs.
Tyler G. Erath, Rosalie LaCroix, Erin O’Keefe, Stephen T. Higgins, Richard A. Rawson   +4 more
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Gender-based differences in harm reduction practices among people who use drugs in Rhode Island: a latent class analysis

Harm Reduction Journal
Background Previous research has documented differing drug use patterns and risk behaviors by gender identity and sex at birth, although variations in harm reduction practices by these characteristics have not yet been fully assessed. Methods We utilized
Leah C. Shaw, Anusha Kumar, Carolyn J. Park, Yu Li, Catherine A. Lenox, Alexandra B. Collins, Susan G. Sherman, Brandon D. L. Marshall, Alexandria Macmadu   +8 more
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A case of severe opioid and methamphetamine use disorder in a 14 year old

Addiction Science & Clinical Practice
We present the case of a 14-year-old who established care at our primary care clinic after hospitalization for unintentional fentanyl overdose. They were diagnosed with severe opioid use disorder (OUD) and stimulant use disorder (StUD) and initiated ...
Nadia Allami, Kristen O’Connor, Sarah M. Bagley   +2 more
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Door-to-door overdose harm reduction: an Illinois case study

Harm Reduction Journal
Background Harm reduction for people who use drugs (PWUD) is an established evidence-based practice that encompasses a wide variety of services, delivery formats, and settings and has been named a priority in US drug policy.
Maryann Mason, Bruce Johnson, Christorpher Schaffner, Sean Johnston, Ursula Alexander, Oyindamola Ajala, Nia Andrews, Sarah B. Welch   +7 more
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Preferences for harm reduction vending machine design among rural people who use drugs

Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports
Globally, harm reduction vending machines (HRVMs) have been used for decades to dispense safe injection equipment and other supplies to people who use drugs (PWUD). However, HRVMs have only recently scaled up in the U.S. and few operate in rural settings.
April M. Young, Tasfia Jahangir, Susan Westneat, Chelsi Cheatom, Amanda Fallin-Bennett, Laura C. Fanucchi, Patricia R. Freeman, Jennifer R. Havens, Hannah K. Knudsen, Kathryn E. McCollister, Susannah Stitzer, Jack Stone, Peter Vickerman, Melvin D. Livingston   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exploratory Analysis of the Characteristics Associated With the Use of Fentanyl Test Strips Among People Who Use Drugs in Rhode Island, 2021-2023. [PDF]

Public Health Rep
Naidu M, Shin J, St John K, Ledingham EM, McKee H, McKenzie M, Park JN.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Methamphetamine in the Midwestern United States: a call for advocacy and action. [PDF]

Front Psychiatry
Balasanova AA, Davids M.
europepmc   +1 more source

Peer-led drug checking in Chile: a case study of the country's first harm reduction service at electronic music events. [PDF]

Harm Reduct J
Obregón-Berg C, Fuentealba-Donoso B, Vidal I, Navarrete J.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Police Chiefs’ Perspectives on Fentanyl Test Strips

Substance Use & Misuse
openaire   +1 more source

Awareness of drug supply changes and uptake of fentanyl testing services among people who use drugs in Kampala, Uganda. [PDF]

Drug Alcohol Depend
Figgatt MC, Kibuuka J, Smith P, Wood T, Muwonge TR, Mudiope P, Komuhangi L, Nakitende M, Nambi F, Kadama H, Nakabugo L, Kansiime R, Donnell D, Glick SN, Lambdin B, Mujugira A, Heffron R.   +16 more
europepmc   +1 more source