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Decolonizing drug policy

Harm Reduction Journal, 2021
This paper reviews evidence of how drug control has been used to uphold colonial power structures in select countries. It demonstrates the racist and xenophobic impact of drug control policy and proposes a path to move beyond oppressive systems and ...
Colleen Daniels, Aggrey Aluso, Naomi Burke-Shyne, Kojo Koram, Suchitra Rajagopalan, Imani Robinson, Shaun Shelly, Sam Shirley-Beavan, Tripti Tandon   +8 more
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Between Care and Control: Examining Surveillance Practices in Harm Reduction

Contemporary Drug Problems, 2022
As harm reduction programs and services proliferate, people who use drugs (PWUD) are increasingly subjected to surveillance through the collection of their personal information, systematic observation, and other means.
L. Michaud, Emily van der Meulen, A. Guta   +2 more
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Examining prevalence and correlates of smoking opioids in British Columbia: opioids are more often smoked than injected

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2021
Background British Columbia (BC) is in the midst of an opioid overdose crisis. Since 2017, smoking illicit drugs has been the leading mode of drug administration causing overdose death.
Stephanie Parent, Kristi Papamihali, Brittany Graham, Jane A. Buxton   +3 more
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Harm reduction among injecting drug users - evidence of effectiveness [PDF]

, 2010
This chapter synthesises and evaluates the available direct evidence relating to the impact of needle and syringe programmes (NSPs), opioid substitution treatment (OST), drug consumption rooms (DCRs), and peer naloxone distribution (PND) on HIV/hepatitis
Goldberg, David, Hickman, Matthew, Hutchinson, Sharon, Kimber, Jo, Palmateer, Norah, Rhodes, Tim   +5 more
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Are you tripping comfortably? Investigating the relationship between harm reduction and the psychedelic experience

Harm Reduction Journal, 2022
Background Alongside a recent revival in the use of psychedelics in clinical settings, there have been increases in the prevalence of recreational use, with many using psychedelics to deal with difficult emotions or to improve well-being.
Madelene Palmer, O. Maynard
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Harm reduction calls to action from young people who use drugs on the streets of Vancouver and Lisbon

Harm Reduction Journal, 2022
Vancouver, Canada, and Lisbon, Portugal, are both celebrated for their world-leading harm reduction policies and programs and regarded as models for other cities contending with the effects of increasing levels of drug use in the context of growing urban
Joana Canêdo, Kali Sedgemore, Kelly Ebbert, Haleigh Anderson, Rainbow Dykeman, Kate Kincaid, Claudia Dias, Diana Silva, Reith Charlesworth, R. Knight, D. Fast   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Remote harm reduction services are key solutions to reduce the impact of COVID-19-like crises on people who use drugs: evidence from two independent structures in France and in the USA

Harm Reduction Journal, 2023
Background Harm Reduction (HR) policies for People Who Use Drugs (PWUD) have a significant positive impact on their health. Such approaches limit the spread of infections and reduce opioid overdose mortality.
Magally Torres-Leguizamon, Jamie Favaro, Dan Coello, Emmanuel G. Reynaud, Thomas Néfau, Catherine Duplessy   +5 more
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BP Reduction, Kidney Function Decline, and Cardiovascular Events in Patients without CKD. [PDF]

, 2018
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: In the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT), intensive systolic BP treatment (target
Dias, C, Leitão, L, Magriço, R, Neves, J, Vieira, M   +4 more
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One-month alcohol abstinence national campaigns: a scoping review of the harm reduction benefits

Harm Reduction Journal, 2022
Over the last decade, one-month alcohol abstinence campaigns (OMACs) have been implemented within the general population in an increasing number of countries.
Julia de Ternay, Pierre Leblanc, P. Michel, A. Benyamina, M. Naassila, Benjamin Rolland   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Achieving meaningful participation of people who use drugs and their peer organizations in a strategic research partnership

Harm Reduction Journal, 2019
Background Peer-led programs with people who use drugs (PWUD) have been a key characteristic of the harm reduction in many countries, including their involvement in research.
Graham Brown, Sione Crawford, Gari-Emma Perry, Jude Byrne, James Dunne, Daniel Reeders, Angela Corry, Jane Dicka, Hunter Morgan, Sam Jones   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source