'Safer environment interventions': a qualitative synthesis of the experiences and perceptions of people who inject drugs

R McNeil, W Small - Social science & medicine, 2014 - Elsevier
There is growing acknowledgment that social, structural, and environmental forces produce
vulnerability to health harms among people who inject drugs (PWID), and safer environment …

Risky substance use environments and addiction: a new frontier for environmental justice research

J Mennis, GJ Stahler, MJ Mason - International journal of environmental …, 2016 - mdpi.com
Substance use disorders are widely recognized as one of the most pressing global public
health problems, and recent research indicates that environmental factors, including access …

The intersectional risk environment of people who use drugs

AB Collins, J Boyd, HLF Cooper, R McNeil - Social Science & Medicine, 2019 - Elsevier
Current conceptual models for examining the production of risk and harm (eg
syndemics,'risk environment') in substance use research have been fundamental in …

Gendered violence and overdose prevention sites: a rapid ethnographic study during an overdose epidemic in Vancouver, Canada

J Boyd, AB Collins, S Mayer, L Maher, T Kerr… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Aims North America's overdose epidemic is increasingly driven by
fentanyl and fentanyl‐adulterated drugs. Supervised consumption sites, including low …

Policing space in the overdose crisis: A rapid ethnographic study of the impact of law enforcement practices on the effectiveness of overdose prevention sites

AB Collins, J Boyd, S Mayer, A Fowler… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
North America is in the midst of an overdose crisis. In some of the hardest hit areas of
Canada, local responses have included the implementation of low-threshold drug …

'They already operated like it was a crisis, because it always has been a crisis': a qualitative exploration of the response of one homeless service in Scotland to the …

T Parkes, H Carver, W Masterton, D Falzon… - Harm Reduction …, 2021 - Springer
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated unprecedented changes in the way
that services are delivered to individuals experiencing homelessness and problem …

[HTML][HTML] “They sent it away for testing and it was all bunk”: Exploring perspectives on drug checking among steroid consumers in Queensland, Australia

T Piatkowski, C Puljevic, C Francis, J Ferris… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction: Research supports the feasibility and acceptance of drug checking among
nightlife and festival attendees. Interest in expanding drug checking to other groups of …

Accounting for context: Exploring the role of objects and spaces in the consumption of alcohol and other drugs

C Duff - Using Space: Critical Geographies of Drugs and …, 2014 - api.taylorfrancis.com
This paper addresses some of the major implications of actor-network theory (ANT) for
research on the consumption of alcohol and other drugs (AOD). It focuses on the …

Towards relational geographies of gambling harm: Orientation, affective atmosphere, and intimacy

G Waitt, R Gordon, T Harada… - Progress in Human …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper reviews the progress of geographical research on the gambling industry and
presents a framework to comprehend the role of space in gambling consumption and harm …

“There is a Place”: impacts of managed alcohol programs for people experiencing severe alcohol dependence and homelessness

B Pauly, M Brown, J Evans, E Gray, R Schiff… - Harm reduction …, 2019 - Springer
Background The twin problems of severe alcohol dependence and homelessness are
associated with precarious living and multiple acute, social and chronic harms. While much …