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The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Drug Use Behaviors, Fentanyl Exposure, and Harm Reduction Service Support among People Who Use Drugs in Rural Settings

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened the opioid overdose crisis in the US. Rural communities have been disproportionately affected by opioid use and people who use drugs in these settings may be acutely vulnerable to pandemic-related ...
Rebecca Bolinski, S. Walters, Elizabeth M. Salisbury-Afshar, L. Ouellet, W. Jenkins, E. Almirol, B. Van Ham, Scott Fletcher, Christian Johnson, J. Schneider, Danielle Ompad, M. Pho   +11 more
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Methamphetamine use in the United States: epidemiological update and implications for prevention, treatment, and harm reduction

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2021
Recent attention has focused on the growing role of psychostimulants, such as methamphetamine in overdose deaths. Methamphetamine is an addictive and potent stimulant, and its use is associated with a range of physical and mental health harms, overdose ...
Christopher M. Jones, D. Houry, B. Han, Grant Baldwin, Alana M. Vivolo-Kantor, W. Compton   +5 more
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Psychedelic Harm Reduction and Integration: A Transtheoretical Model for Clinical Practice

Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
Psychedelic Harm Reduction and Integration (PHRI) is a transtheoretical and transdiagnostic clinical approach to working with patients who are using or considering using psychedelics in any context.
I. Gorman, Elizabeth M. Nielson, Aja Molinar, Ksenia Cassidy, Jonathan Sabbagh   +4 more
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E-Cigarettes—a review of the evidence—harm versus harm reduction

Tobacco Use Insights, 2022
The World Health Organization estimates there are 1.1 billion cigarette smokers across the globe and that tobacco related deaths number 7 million per year.
S. Feeney, V. Rossetti, J. Terrien
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Ethical and legal issues in psychedelic harm reduction and integration therapy

Harm Reduction Journal, 2021
Psychedelic-assisted therapy may represent an upcoming paradigm shift in the treatment of mental health problems as recent clinical trials have demonstrated strong evidence of their therapeutic benefits.
Brian Pilecki, J. Luoma, Geoff J. Bathje, J. Rhea, Vilmarie Fraguada Narloch   +4 more
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Early innovations in opioid use disorder treatment and harm reduction during the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review

Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 2021
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has exerted a significant toll on the lives of people who use opioids (PWUOs). At the same time, more flexible regulations around provision of opioid use disorder (OUD) services have led to new opportunities for ...
N. Krawczyk, Adetayo Fawole, Jenny Yang, B. Tofighi   +3 more
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Harm reduction

BMJ, 2004
Although the ideal for all smokers is to quit completely, a substantial proportion of smokers either do not want to stop smoking or have been unable to do so despite many attempts. Harm reduction strategies are aimed at reducing the adverse health effects of tobacco use in these individuals.
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Integrating Harm Reduction into Outpatient Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Settings

Journal of general internal medicine, 2021
Opioid use disorder (OUD) is increasingly recognized as a chronic, relapsing brain disease whose treatment should be integrated into primary care settings alongside other chronic conditions.
Jessica L. Taylor, Samantha Johnson, Ricardo Cruz, Jessica R. Gray, Davida M. Schiff, S. Bagley   +5 more
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Public support for harm reduction: A population survey of Canadian adults

PLoS ONE, 2021
We described public views toward harm reduction among Canadian adults and tested a social exposure model predicting support for these contentious services, drawing on theories in the morality policy, intergroup relations, addiction, and media ...
T. Wild, Jakob Koziel, Jalene Anderson-Baron, M. Asbridge, L. Belle-Isle, C. Dell, R. Elliott, A. Hathaway, D. Macpherson, Keely McBride, B. Pauly, C. Strike, Adam M. Galovan, Elaine Hyshka   +13 more
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Principles of Harm Reduction for Young People Who Use Drugs.

Pediatrics, 2021
In summarizing the proceedings of a longitudinal meeting of experts on substance use disorders among adolescents and young adults, we review 2 principles of care related to harm reduction for young adults with substance use disorders.
S. Kimmel, Jessie M. Gaeta, Scott E. Hadland, Eliza Hallett, B. Marshall   +4 more
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