Background Non-fatal drug overdose is a major cause of morbidity among people who use
drugs, although few studies have examined this risk among street-involved youth. We …

Limited data exist concerning patterns of nonfatal illicit drug overdoses among street-
involved youth. We therefore evaluated factors associated with nonfatal overdose among a …

Background: Street-involved youth who use drugs may have limited income-generation
options and are known to commonly become immersed in illicit drug markets to generate …

Background Street-involved youth who use illicit drugs are at high risk for health-related
harms; however, the profile of youth at greatest risk of hospitalization has not been well …

Background/Objectives: Addiction severity has been associated with numerous social-and
health-related harms. This study sought to examine the prevalence and correlates of high …

Abstract Introduction and Aims Drug overdose and suicide are the two leading causes of
death among street youth. The literature discusses the two faces of drug overdose …

Objectives. To determine the association between multiple drug use and nonfatal overdose
among young people (younger than 30 years) who inject drugs. Methods. We completed a …

Although abstinence from drug use is often a key goal of youth substance use treatment,
transitioning to less harmful routes and types of drug use is desirable from both a clinical …

Background Although the initiation of injection drug use has been well characterized among
at-risk youth, factors that support or impede cessation of injection drug use have received …

Background: Street-involved youth have been shown to be involved in the street-level illicit
drug trade in a number of jurisdictions, though little is known about risk factors and sequelae …