[HTML][HTML] Prescribed safer opioid supply: A scoping review of the evidence
Background Safer opioid supply programs provide prescription pharmaceutical opioids,
often with supportive services, to people at high risk of experiencing harms related to …
often with supportive services, to people at high risk of experiencing harms related to …
Public health and prisons: priorities in the age of mass incarceration
DH Cloud, IR Garcia-Grossman… - Annual review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Mass incarceration is a sociostructural driver of profound health inequalities in the United
States. The political and economic forces underpinning mass incarceration are deeply …
States. The political and economic forces underpinning mass incarceration are deeply …
Effect of Risk Mitigation Guidance opioid and stimulant dispensations on mortality and acute care visits during dual public health emergencies: retrospective cohort …
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 …
dispensations on mortality and acute care visits during the dual public health emergencies …
[HTML][HTML] Challenges of implementing safer supply programs in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative analysis
Background Canada is experiencing an unprecedented drug toxicity crisis driven by a highly
toxic unregulated drug supply contaminated with fentanyl, benzodiazepine, and other drugs …
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
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 …
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
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 …
supply and fatal overdoses in Canada. It has also changed injection practices. Injection …
The practice and embodiment of “goofballs”: a qualitative study exploring the co-injection of methamphetamines and opioids
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 …
use of stimulants and opioids. Research suggests the practice of simultaneous co-injection …
Clinical outcomes and health care costs among people entering a safer opioid supply program in Ontario
Background: London InterCommunity Health Centre (LIHC) launched a safer opioid supply
(SOS) program in 2016, where clients are prescribed pharmaceutical opioids and provided …
(SOS) program in 2016, where clients are prescribed pharmaceutical opioids and provided …
[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 …
increased dramatically over the past decade. COVID-19 escalated the need for a safer …
Moving towards a continuum of safer supply options for people who use drugs: a qualitative study exploring national perspectives on safer supply among professional …
Background Novel public health interventions are needed to address the toxic drug supply
and meet the needs of people who use drugs amidst the overdose crisis. Safer supply–low …
and meet the needs of people who use drugs amidst the overdose crisis. Safer supply–low …