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Overdose prevention centres in the UK [PDF]

The Lancet Public Health, 2022
In response to the drug related death crisis in the UK, more than 80 prominent medical, academic, and third sector organisations have called for the introduction of pilot overdose prevention centres (also called drug consumption rooms). The government, however, has repeatedly indicated it has no plans to introduce them, and overdose prevention centres ...
Adam Holland, Magdalena Harris, Matthew Hickman, Dan Lewer, Gillian W Shorter, Jason Horsley, Martin Powell, Maggie Rae   +7 more
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The NOD (Naltrexone for Overdose Prevention) study protocol: a pilot randomized controlled trial of intramuscular naltrexone for opioid overdose prevention among people who use stimulants living with or at risk for HIV [PDF]

Addiction Science & Clinical Practice
Background Drug-related mortality in the United States continues to transform, marked by a surge in overdose deaths involving both fentanyl and stimulants.
Ayesha Appa, Xochitl Luna Marti, Stefan Baral, Steven Shoptaw, Alexander R. Bazazi, Matthew A. Spinelli, Dave Glidden, Monica Gandhi, Phillip Coffin   +8 more
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Ethical challenges and opportunities for integrating predictive analytics in community-based overdose prevention [PDF]

The Lancet Regional Health. Americas
Summary: As predictive analytics become more widely integrated into local public health responses to the United States overdose epidemic, community-based substance use service providers have begun to adopt machine learning-based predictive tools to guide
Bennett Allen, Adelya Urmanche, Brenda Curtis, Celia Fisher   +3 more
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Housing and overdose: an opportunity for the scale-up of overdose prevention interventions? [PDF]

Harm Reduction Journal, 2017
Background North America is currently experiencing an overdose epidemic due to a significant increase of fentanyl-adulterated opioids and related analogs.
Geoff Bardwell, Alexandra B. Collins, Ryan McNeil, Jade Boyd   +3 more
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Staff views on overdose prevention in permanent supportive housing [PDF]

Harm Reduction Journal
Background Permanent supportive housing (PSH) is the gold standard intervention for chronic homelessness, but PSH tenants face high risk for overdose due to a combination of individual and environmental risk factors. Little research has examined overdose
Kelly M. Doran, Allison Torsiglieri, Jocelyn Moran, Stephanie Blaufarb, Annie Y. Liu, Emily Ringrose, Cooper Urban, Lauren Velez, Patricia Hernandez, Megan A. O’Grady, Donna Shelley, Charles M. Cleland   +11 more
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Use of clinic- and community-based overdose prevention services by sex workers who use drugs: findings from a community-based cohort in Vancouver, Canada (2017–2024) [PDF]

Harm Reduction Journal
Background Sex workers who use drugs are disproportionately impacted by the current overdose crisis and face many structural barriers to health and harm reduction services. Delivered in either community (e.g., embedded in supportive housing) or clinic (e.
Sarah Moreheart, Kate Shannon, Kanna Hayashi, Wiebke Bartels, Jennie Pearson, Andrea Krüsi, Shira Miriam Goldenberg   +6 more
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Overdose prevention activities led by local public health departments, 2019–2023 [PDF]

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
Background Drug overdose deaths in the United States increased to historic levels in recent years, with provisional estimates indicating more than 111,000 deaths in the 12 months ending July 2023. In 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s
April Wisdom, Stephanie Haddad, Madhumita Govindu, Francis Higgins, Nikki Filion, Kate Sullivan, Cherie Rooks-Peck   +6 more
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Examining rural community pharmacists’ knowledge and practices in opioid overdose prevention and treatment services in the Southeastern United States [PDF]

Harm Reduction Journal
Background Rural communities often face higher rates of opioid-related harm but fewer resources to address risk. Pharmacies in these areas are critical for opioid overdose prevention and treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) as they may serve as ...
Stefanie P. Ferreri, Paige Q. Ngo, Kaileigh D. Yen, Kevin Wang, Tamera D. Hughes   +4 more
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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
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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
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