Executive summary The Stanford–Lancet Commission on the North American Opioid Crisis
was formed in response to soaring opioid-related morbidity and mortality in the USA and …

Mass incarceration is a sociostructural driver of profound health inequalities in the United
States. The political and economic forces underpinning mass incarceration are deeply …

Objectives. To determine the magnitude of increases in monthly drug-related overdose
mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. Methods. We leveraged …

Objectives. To explore the implementation and effectiveness of the British Columbia,
Canada, risk mitigation guidelines among people who use drugs, focusing on how …

Abstract In the United States, combined stimulant/opioid overdose mortality has risen
dramatically over the last decade. These increases may particularly affect non-Hispanic …

People who use drugs (PWUD) face concurrent public health emergencies from overdoses,
HIV, hepatitis C, and COVID-19, leading to an unprecedented syndemic. Responses to …

Objectives In the context of the ongoing overdose crisis, a stark increase in toxic drug deaths
from the unregulated street supply accompanied the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic …

COVID-19 has turned the world upside down in a very short period of time. The impact of
COVID-19 will disproportionately effect people who are least able to protect themselves and …

Background The introduction of illicitly made fentanyl in the United States has slowly
replaced heroin. New illicit drugs are often associated with changes in frequency and modes …

Importance Two states modified laws to remove or substantially reduce criminal penalties for
any drug possession. The hypothesis was that removing criminal penalties for drug …