Increasing overdose deaths among Black Americans: a review of the literature

JB Gibbons, SJ Harris, KT Solomon… - The Lancet …, 2023 - thelancet.com
In 2020, opioid overdose fatalities among Black Americans surpassed those among White
Americans for the first time in US history. This Review analyses the academic literature on …

Naloxone administration by law enforcement officers in New York State (2015–2020)

E Pourtaher, ER Payne, N Fera, K Rowe… - Harm reduction …, 2022 - Springer
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified the need for wide deployment of
effective harm reduction strategies in preventing opioid overdose mortality. Placing …

Racial/ethnic disparities in opioid overdose prevention: comparison of the naloxone care cascade in White, Latinx, and Black people who use opioids in New York City

MR Khan, L Hoff, L Elliott, JD Scheidell… - Harm reduction …, 2023 - Springer
Background Drug overdose mortality is rising precipitously among Black people who use
drugs. In NYC, the overdose mortality rate is now highest in Black (38.2 per 100,000) …

[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 …

Fentanyl-driven acceleration of racial, gender and geographical disparities in drug overdose deaths in the United States

MR D'Orsogna, L Böttcher, T Chou - PLOS Global Public Health, 2023 - journals.plos.org
We examine trends in drug overdose deaths by race, gender, and geography in the United
States during the period 2013–2020. Race and gender specific crude rates were extracted …

Therapeutic alignments: examining police and public health/harm reduction partnerships

L Michaud, E van der Meulen, A Guta - Policing and Society, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
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 …

“That's why we're speaking up today”: exploring barriers to overdose fatality prevention in Indianapolis' Black community with semi-structured interviews

DC Seo, N Satterfield, L Alba-Lopez, SH Lee… - Harm reduction …, 2023 - Springer
Background Opioid overdose deaths are of great concern to public health, with over one
million lives lost since 1999. While many efforts have been made to mitigate these, Black …

[HTML][HTML] Buprenorphine implementation at syringe service programs following waiver of the Ryan Haight Act in the United States

BH Lambdin, RN Bluthenthal, HE Tookes… - Drug and alcohol …, 2022 - Elsevier
Introduction Among people with an opioid use disorder in the United States, only 10%
receive buprenorphine treatment. The Ryan Haight Act is a federal law that has regulated …

“They don't go by the law around here”: law enforcement interactions after the legalization of syringe services programs in North Carolina

B Morrissey, T Hughes, B Ostrach, L Wilson… - Harm reduction …, 2022 - Springer
Background In 2016, the US state of North Carolina (NC) legalized syringe services
programs (SSPs), providing limited immunity from misdemeanor syringe possession when …

[HTML][HTML] Early warnings and slow deaths: a sociology of outbreak and overdose

T Rhodes, K Lancaster - International Journal of Drug Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, we offer a sociological analysis of early warning and outbreak in the field of
drug policy, focusing on opioid overdose. We trace how 'outbreak'is enacted as a rupturing …