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Police seizure of drugs without arrest among people who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada, before provincial ‘decriminalization’ of simple possession: a cohort study

Harm Reduction Journal, 2023
Background Several jurisdictions in Canada have recently considered decriminalizing possession of illicit drugs for personal use (henceforth, simple possession) as part of their responses to the ongoing drug toxicity/overdose crisis.
Kanna Hayashi, Tyson Singh Kelsall, Caitlin Shane, Zishan Cui, Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users, M.-J. Milloy, Kora DeBeck, Thomas Kerr   +7 more
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Is expected substance type associated with timing of drug checking service utilization?: A cross-sectional study

Harm Reduction Journal, 2021
Background Drug checking is a harm reduction intervention aiming to reduce substance use-related risks by improving drug user knowledge of the composition of unregulated drugs.
Tara Beaulieu, Evan Wood, Samuel Tobias, Mark Lysyshyn, Priya Patel, Jennifer Matthews, Lianping Ti   +6 more
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Women’s multiple uses of an overdose prevention technology to mitigate risks and harms within a supportive housing environment: a qualitative study

BMC Women's Health, 2021
Background North America is amidst an opioid overdose epidemic. In many settings, particularly Canada, the majority of overdose deaths occur indoors and impact structurally vulnerable people who use drugs alone, making targeted housing-based ...
Geoff Bardwell, Taylor Fleming, Ryan McNeil, Jade Boyd   +3 more
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Community partner perspectives on the implementation of a novel safer supply program in Canada: a qualitative study of the MySafe Project

Harm Reduction Journal, 2023
Background The adulteration of the illicit drug supply with fentanyl and its analogues is driving the ongoing overdose crisis in North America. While various harm reduction interventions address overdose-related risks, there is growing interest in safer ...
Manal Mansoor, Annie Foreman-Mackey, Andrew Ivsins, Geoff Bardwell   +3 more
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Inability to contact opioid agonist therapy prescribers during the COVID-19 pandemic in a Canadian setting: a cross-sectional analysis among people on opioid agonist therapy

Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 2022
Background The COVID-19 pandemic and consequent public health response may have undermined key responses to the protracted drug poisoning crisis, including reduced access to opioid agonist therapy (OAT) among people with opioid use disorder.
Soroush Moallef, Kora DeBeck, Nadia Fairbairn, Zishan Cui, Rupinder Brar, Dean Wilson, Cheyenne Johnson, M.-J. Milloy, Kanna Hayashi   +8 more
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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-olt Sedgemore, Kelly Ebbert, Haleigh Anderson, Rainbow Dykeman, Katey Kincaid, Claudia Dias, Diana Silva, Youth Health Advisory Council, Reith Charlesworth, Rod Knight, Danya Fast   +11 more
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Housing-based syringe services programs to improve access to safer injecting equipment for people who inject drugs in Vancouver, Canada: a spatially oriented qualitative study

Harm Reduction Journal, 2023
Background Housing environments shape injection drug-related risks and harms and thus represent a critical implementation setting for syringe services programs (SSPs).
Koharu Loulou Chayama, Cara Ng, Taylor Fleming, Will Small, Kimberly L. Sue, Ryan McNeil   +5 more
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Self-reported cannabis use to manage opioid withdrawal symptoms and reductions in opioid use among people who use unregulated opioids: a cross-sectional analysis

Journal of Cannabis Research
Background Opioid withdrawal is a significant challenge for people seeking to reduce or eliminate opioid use, and unmanaged withdrawal increases the risk of relapse and overdose.
Erica McAdam, Hudson Reddon, M Eugenia Socías, Stephanie Lake, Kanna Hayashi, Kora DeBeck, Zach Walsh, M-J Milloy   +7 more
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Use of withdrawal management services among people who use illicit drugs in Vancouver, Canada

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2018
Background For many individuals with substance use disorders, the entry point for addiction treatment can be through withdrawal management (e.g. detoxification) services.
Sharon Vipler, Kanna Hayashi, M.-J. Milloy, Evan Wood, Ekaterina Nosova, Thomas Kerr, Lianping Ti   +6 more
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High-intensity cannabis use and hospitalization: a prospective cohort study of street-involved youth in Vancouver, Canada

Harm Reduction Journal, 2021
Background There is concern that cannabis use negatively affects vulnerable groups such as youth; however, the relationship between cannabis use and health care utilization has not been well characterized in this population.
Hudson Reddon, M.-J. Milloy, Evan Wood, Ekaterina Nosova, Thomas Kerr, Kora DeBeck   +5 more
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