Background Novel strategies are required to address rising overdose deaths across the
globe. We sought to identify the breadth and depth of the existing evidence around …

This article centers on the nonprofit landscape in Vancouver, Canada, a city that occupies
the territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and …

Ongoing calls for police reform across North America alongside the growing momentum for
the removal of criminal sanctions for personal possession of drugs have placed policing …

Introduction In 2018, following government policy changes to Australia's national electronic
health record system,'My Health Record', consumer advocates—including organisations …

This study explores the role of Overdose Prevention Sites (OPS) within the geographies of
survival of vulnerably housed people who use drugs (PWUD) in Vancouver, British …

Background Injectable opioid agonist treatment (iOAT) is an effective option to support
people living with opioid use disorder (OUD) who have not sufficiently benefitted from oral …

People who use illegal drugs experience routine surveillance, including in healthcare and
harm reduction settings. The MySafe Project-a safer supply pilot project that dispenses …

Abstract Context In March 2020, British Columbia introduced the Risk Mitigation Guidance
(RMG) to enable the prescription of pharmaceutical substitutes for the unregulated drug …

In 2018, the federal prison authority in Canada began implementing Prison Needle
Exchange Programs (PNEPs) at select institutions. Despite longstanding and successful …

Background In response to the exacerbated rates of morbidity and mortality associated with
the overlapping overdose and COVID-19 epidemics, novel strategies have been developed …