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Overdose mortality incidence and supervised consumption services in Toronto, Canada: an ecological study and spatial analysis

Lancet Public Health, The
Summary: Background: Supervised consumption services (SCS) prevent overdose deaths onsite; however, less is known about their effect on population-level overdose mortality.
Indhu Rammohan, MSc, Tommi Gaines, PhD, Ayden Scheim, PhD, Ahmed Bayoumi, MD, Dan Werb, PhD   +4 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Supervised smoking facility access, harm reduction practices, and substance use changes during the COVID-19 pandemic: a community-engaged cross-sectional study

Harm Reduction Journal, 2023
Background The potential public health benefits of supervised smoking facilities (SSFs) are considerable, and yet implementation of SSFs in North America has been slow.
Jenna van Draanen, Jonah Hamilton, Jeffrey Morgan, Scott Maxwell, Tara Taylor, Lindsey Richardson, Seonaid Nolan   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Overdosed [PDF]

Canadian Medical Education Journal, 2018
You find me,Sprawled across the cold, dark asphalt.Incoherent, incompetent, "incapable".Hypotensive, bradycardic, cyanotic. Overdosed. For a moment, you pity me.So young, likely to succumb to the effectsof the chemical concoction that I consciouslyforced through my veins. Overdosed.
Tharshika Thangarasa, Usman Khan
openaire   +3 more sources

Association between county-level sociodemographic characteristics and county-level differences in opioid dispensing

Preventive Medicine Reports, 2021
Background: While overall opioid prescribing has been decreasing in the United States, the rates of prescribing at the county level have been variable. Previous studies show that social determinants of health (the social and economic conditions in which ...
Laura J. Cremer, Natasha Underwood, Amber Robinson, Gery P. Guy, Jr, Cherie R. Rooks-Peck   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

“That’s why we’re speaking up today”: exploring barriers to overdose fatality prevention in Indianapolis’ Black community with semi-structured interviews

Harm Reduction Journal, 2023
Background Opioid overdose deaths are of great concern to public health, with over one million lives lost since 1999. While many efforts have been made to mitigate these, Black communities continue to experience a greater burden of fatalities than their ...
Dong-Chul Seo, Naomi Satterfield, Leonardo Alba-Lopez, Shin Hyung Lee, Charlotte Crabtree, Nicki Cochran   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The impact of opioid agonist treatment on fatal and non-fatal drug overdose among people with a history of opioid dependence in NSW, Australia, 2001-2018: findings from the OATS retrospective linkage study.

International Journal of Population Data Science, 2022
Objectives There are critical periods of mortality risk at onset and cessation of opioid agonist treatment. We aim to determine whether non-fatal overdose followed the same pattern as fatal overdose, comparing the first 4 weeks of treatment and ...
Nicola Jones, Louisa Degenhardt, Matthew Hickman, Suzanne Nielsen, Sarah Larney, Timothy Dobbins, Robert Ali   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Unintentional ingestion of putative delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol by two youth requiring critical care: a case report

Journal of Cannabis Research, 2023
Background Delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is a psychoactive cannabinoid from the cannabis plant that can be synthetically converted from cannabidiol (CBD).
Erin K. Bradley, Brooke E. Hoots, Evan S. Bradley, Douglas R. Roehler   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Factors associated with opioid overdose during medication-assisted treatment: How can we identify individuals at risk?

Harm Reduction Journal, 2021
Background Due to the loss of tolerance to opioids during medication-assisted treatment (MAT), this period may represent a time of heightened risk for overdose.
Vivian Y. O. Au, Tea Rosic, Nitika Sanger, Alannah Hillmer, Caroul Chawar, Andrew Worster, David C. Marsh, Lehana Thabane, Zainab Samaan   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Using Linked Data to Identify Pathways of Reporting Overdose Events in British Columbia, 2015 - 2017

International Journal of Population Data Science, 2022
Introduction Overdose events related to illicit opioids and other substances are a public health crisis in Canada. The BC Provincial Overdose Cohort is a collection of linked datasets identifying drug-related toxicity events, including death, ambulance,
Eva Graham, Bin Zhao, Mallory Flynn, Paul Gustafson, Michael Irvine, Amanda Slaunwhite, Heather Orpana, Laura MacDougall, Margot Kuo   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source