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You just have to have other models, our DNA is different: the experiences of indigenous people who use illicit drugs and/or alcohol accessing substance use treatment

Harm Reduction Journal, 2020
Objectives In Canada, and elsewhere, indigenous peoples who use illicit drugs and/or alcohol (IPWUID/A) commonly experience vulnerability and a disproportionate burden of harm related to substance use.
Jennifer Lavalley, Shelda Kastor, Malcolm Tourangeau, Western Aboriginal Harm Reduction Society, Ashley Goodman, Thomas Kerr   +5 more
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Use of low-threshold naloxone boxes for opioid overdose prevention in a Midwestern US State: a public health program evaluation

Harm Reduction Journal
Introduction Despite reductions in overdose deaths reported nationally in 2025, overdose remains a leading cause of death in Michigan and the broader United States.
Pamela S. Lynch, Lou Gamalski, Virginia Roys, Autumn Albers, Katie Burk, Sara Durán, Shelley N. Facente   +6 more
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Improving photosynthesis and drought tolerance in Nicotiana tabacum L. by foliar application of salicylic acid

All Life, 2023
Drought causes a decrease in tobacco yield and quality as well as a reduction in net photosynthetic rate. Salicylic acid (SA) is involved in the regulation of many physiological processes and has been widely used to improve plant drought tolerance.
Yuqing Feng, Yuanyuan Zhao, Yafei Li, Jun Zhou, Hongzhi Shi   +4 more
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Reducing nitrate and tobacco‐specific nitrosamine level in burley tobacco leaves through grafting on flue‐cured tobacco rootstock

Plant Direct, 2023
Nitrosation of pyridine alkaloids in tobacco generates tobacco‐specific nitrosamines (TSNAs), which are notable toxicants in tobacco products and smoke.
Yuqing Feng, Yuanyuan Zhao, Geng Li, Hongzhi Shi   +3 more
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Neo-colonialism and financing for the war on drugs: a review of current policy and recommendations for countries in the global north

Harm Reduction Journal
Globally, punitive drug control upholds racist and colonial structures. Marginalised and racialised communities, including Indigenous peoples, are disproportionately targeted and affected by punitive drug policy in law enforcement, judicial and carceral ...
Colleen Daniels, Naomi Burke-Shyne, Catherine Cook, Anoushka Beattie   +3 more
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Reducing the nicotine content of tobacco by grafting with eggplant

BMC Plant Biology, 2020
Background Nicotine is a stimulant and potent parasympathomimetic alkaloid that accounts for 96–98% of alkaloid content. A reduction in the amount of nicotine in cigarettes to achieve a non-addictive level is necessary.
Mengjuan Ren, Mengyue Zhang, Huijuan Yang, Hongzhi Shi   +3 more
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The Bronze Age of drug checking: barriers and facilitators to implementing advanced drug checking amidst police violence and COVID-19

Harm Reduction Journal, 2022
Objectives Unpredictable fluctuations in the illicit drug market increase overdose risk. Drug checking, or the use of technology to provide insight into the contents of illicit drug products, is an overdose prevention strategy with an emerging evidence ...
Jennifer J. Carroll, Sarah Mackin, Clare Schmidt, Michelle McKenzie, Traci C. Green   +4 more
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Come back when you’re infected: pharmacy access to sterile syringes in an Arizona Secret Shopper Study, 2023

Harm Reduction Journal
Background Pharmacies are critical healthcare partners in community efforts to eliminate bloodborne illnesses. Pharmacy sale of sterile syringes is central to this effort.
Danielle M. Russell, Beth E. Meyerson, Arlene N. Mahoney, Irene Garnett, Chris Ferrell, Kylee Newgass, Jon D. Agley, Richard A. Crosby, Keith G. Bentele, Nina Vadiei, David Frank, Linnea B. Linde-Krieger   +11 more
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Smoking Harm Reduction

American Journal of Public Health, 2016
A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article "New product marketing blurs the line between nicotine replacement therapy and smokeless tobacco products," by Ganna Kostygina, Lucinda England and Pamela M. Ling along with a response from the authors.
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Expanding access to harm reduction in rural communities through community-informed public health vending machines

Harm Reduction Journal
Background The opioid epidemic continues to disproportionately impact rural communities across the United States, where structural barriers, including geographic isolation, limited public health infrastructure, and heightened stigma, restrict access to ...
Lori Ann Eldridge, Christian Dotson, Lauren Harrell, Marcus Berry, Samantha Bradley, Alicia Brunelli, Jane Casarez, Virginia Fagg, Wendy Odum, Amanda McKenna-Williams, Kathleen L. Egan   +10 more
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