[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 …

Implementation of safe supply alternatives during intersecting COVID-19 and overdose health emergencies in British Columbia, Canada, 2021

R McNeil, T Fleming, S Mayer… - … journal of public …, 2022 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. To explore the implementation and effectiveness of the British Columbia,
Canada, risk mitigation guidelines among people who use drugs, focusing on how …

[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 …

Evaluation of an emergency safe supply drugs and managed alcohol program in COVID-19 isolation hotel shelters for people experiencing homelessness

TD Brothers, M Leaman, M Bonn, D Lewer… - Drug and alcohol …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background During a COVID-19 outbreak in the congregate shelter system in Halifax, Nova
Scotia, Canada, a healthcare team provided an emergency “safe supply” of medications and …

Impact of safer supply programs on injection practices: client and provider experiences in Ontario, Canada

M Gagnon, K Rudzinski, A Guta, RA Schmidt… - Harm Reduction …, 2023 - Springer
Objectives Fentanyl has contributed to a sharp rise in the toxicity of the unregulated drug
supply and fatal overdoses in Canada. It has also changed injection practices. Injection …

Overdose prevention and housing: a qualitative study examining drug use, overdose risk, and access to safer supply in permanent supportive housing in Vancouver …

A Ivsins, L MacKinnon, JM Bowles, A Slaunwhite… - Journal of urban …, 2022 - Springer
The majority of overdose deaths in British Columbia (BC) occur among people using illicit
substances alone in private residences. Some supportive housing in BC includes on-site …

The practice and embodiment of “goofballs”: a qualitative study exploring the co-injection of methamphetamines and opioids

A Ivsins, T Fleming, A Barker, M Mansoor… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Polysubstance use is common among people who use drugs, including the co-
use of stimulants and opioids. Research suggests the practice of simultaneous co-injection …

Overdose prevention centres, safe consumption sites, and drug consumption rooms: A rapid evidence review

GW Shorter, PE McKenna-Plumley… - Drug …, 2023 - repository.uwl.ac.uk
This rapid review on overdose prevention centres (OPCs) aims to collate and summarise
existing evidence. It describes the impact of OPCs on individuals who use drugs …

[HTML][HTML] A concept mapping study of service user design of safer supply as an alternative to the illicit drug market

B Pauly, J McCall, F Cameron, H Stuart… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Within North America and worldwide, drug-related overdoses have
increased dramatically over the past decade. COVID-19 escalated the need for a safer …

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 …