Objectives. To investigate what transpires at opioid overdoses where police administer
naloxone and to identify the frequency with which concerns about police-administered …

Background The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified the need for wide deployment of
effective harm reduction strategies in preventing opioid overdose mortality. Placing …

The US overdose crisis continues to worsen and is disproportionately harming Black and
Hispanic/Latino people. Although the “War on Drugs” continues to shape drug policy—at the …

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 …

Background Health and human rights organizations have endorsed drug decriminalization
to promote public health-oriented approaches to substance use. In the US, policymakers …

Background Illicit fentanyl has contributed to a drastic increase in overdose drug deaths.
While fentanyl has subsumed the drug supply in the Northeastern and Midwestern USA, it …

Abstract Background By passing Ballot Measure 110 (BM 110), Oregon became the first US
state to decriminalize noncommercial possession of drugs that are illegal under the …

To reduce opioid-involved overdoses, law enforcement agencies have taken proactive steps
to connect people to treatment and supportive services. This study evaluates the impact of a …

Objective People who use opioids are vulnerable to sleep disturbances due to a range of
factors, including the substances they use and the various structural vulnerabilities they face …

Background Transactional sex is an important driver of HIV risk among people who use
drugs in the USA, but there is a dearth of research characterizing men's selling and trading …