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COVID-19 and People Who Use Drugs - A Commentary
Health Behavior and Policy Review, 2020 People who use drugs (PWUD) face increased risk of exposure to COVID-19, but also elevated risk associated from injection drug use. We describe factors underlying their increased risk and identify mechanisms for reducing or minimizing rates of COVID-19 transmission and other health outcomes.Our commentary draws upon empirical data, governmental and ...
Suzan M, Walters +4 more
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Use of the “NYC Condom” among People Who Use Drugs [PDF]
Journal of Urban Health, 2013 We assessed awareness and use of the "NYC Condom" among persons who use heroin and cocaine in New York City. The NYC Condom distribution program is the largest free condom distribution program in the USA, with over 30 million condoms distributed per year.
Don C, Des Jarlais +6 more
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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 +8 more
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“Criminalization Causes the Stigma”: Perspectives From People Who Use Drugs
Contemporary Drug Problems, 2023 Introduction In light of North America's persisting drug toxicity crisis, alternative drug policy approaches such as decriminalization, legalization, regulation, and safer supply have increasingly come to the forefront of drug policy discourse. The views
Benjamin D. Scher +6 more
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Biology, 2022 People who use drugs (PWUDs) are a crucial population in the global fight against viral hepatitis. The difficulties in linkage to care, the low adherence to therapy, the frequent loss to follow-up and the high risk of re-infection make the eradication ...
Riccardo Nevola +11 more
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, 2021 This guide is for PWUD who want to become involved with policy and decision-making processes. If you are new to this process, know it can be rewarding, exciting, emotionally difficult, confusing, and intimidating. If you feel this way or are overwhelmed,
Canadian Association of People Who Use Drugs
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Challenges in maintaining treatment services for people who use drugs during the COVID-19 pandemic
Harm Reduction Journal, 2020 The impact of COVID-19 across health services, including treatment services for people who use drugs, is emerging but likely to have a high impact. Treatment services for people who use drugs provide essential treatment services including opiate agonist ...
A. Dunlop +11 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. The first is that harm reduction services are critical to keeping young adults alive and healthy and can offer ...
Simeon D, Kimmel +4 more
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Why a special issue of JIDC on tuberculosis and HIV among key populations in Ukraine?
Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2019 .
Andriy Klepikov +2 more
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Overdose Prevention During a Pandemic
, 2021 As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to present new challenges, historic, and systemic oppressors experienced by PWUD have only become more exacerbated.
Canadian Association of People who Use Drugs
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