[HTML][HTML] Prescribed safer opioid supply: A scoping review of the evidence

S Ledlie, R Garg, C Cheng, G Kolla, T Antoniou… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Safer opioid supply programs provide prescription pharmaceutical opioids,
often with supportive services, to people at high risk of experiencing harms related to …

Effect of Risk Mitigation Guidance opioid and stimulant dispensations on mortality and acute care visits during dual public health emergencies: retrospective cohort …

A Slaunwhite, JE Min, H Palis, K Urbanoski, B Pauly… - bmj, 2024 - bmj.com
Objective To determine the effect of opioid and stimulant Risk Mitigation Guidance (RMG)
dispensations on mortality and acute care visits during the dual public health emergencies …

[HTML][HTML] The increase in benzodiazepine-laced drugs and related risks in Canada: the urgent need for effective and sustainable solutions

C Russell, J Law, M Bonn, J Rehm, F Ali - International Journal of Drug …, 2023 - Elsevier
The overdose crisis in Canada has continuously evolved and is increasingly challenging to
contain, while efforts from governments and policymakers to address it have often fallen …

[HTML][HTML] Challenges of implementing safer supply programs in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative analysis

M Karamouzian, B Rafat, G Kolla, K Urbanoski… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Canada is experiencing an unprecedented drug toxicity crisis driven by a highly
toxic unregulated drug supply contaminated with fentanyl, benzodiazepine, and other drugs …

Safer opioid supply: qualitative program evaluation

M Haines, P O'Byrne - Harm Reduction Journal, 2023 - Springer
Background As the overdose crisis in Canada continues to escalate in severity, novel
interventions and programs are required. Safer Supply programs offer pharmaceutical-grade …

Comprehensive testing and rapid dissemination of local drug supply surveillance data in Rhode Island

AB Collins, RS Wightman, EC Macon, Y Guan… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Background The North American overdose crisis has continued at unprecedented
rates with more than 100,000 overdose deaths estimated to have occurred in the United …

Social and structural determinants of injection drug use‐associated bacterial and fungal infections: A qualitative systematic review and thematic synthesis

TD Brothers, M Bonn, D Lewer, E Comeau, I Kim… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background and aims Injection drug use‐associated bacterial and fungal infections are
increasingly common, and social contexts shape individuals' injecting practices and …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of an unsanctioned compassion club on non-fatal overdose

J Kalicum, E Nyx, MC Kennedy, T Kerr - International Journal of Drug …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Objectives In 2022, the Drug User Liberation Front opened an unsanctioned
compassion club in Vancouver where members could purchase illicit drugs that had been …

'I don't chase drugs as much anymore, and I'm not dead': Client reported outcomes associated with safer opioid supply programs in Ontario, Canada

RA Schmidt, N Kaminski, DT Kryszajtys… - Drug and Alcohol …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction The ongoing opioid overdose crisis, which has killed over 30,000 people in
Canada since 2016, is driven by the volatility of an unregulated opioid drug supply …

British Columbia's safer opioid supply policy and opioid outcomes

HV Nguyen, S Mital, S Bugden… - JAMA Internal …, 2024 - jamanetwork.com
Importance In March 2020, British Columbia, Canada, became the first jurisdiction globally
to launch a large-scale provincewide safer supply policy. The policy allowed individuals with …