Abstract Background and Aims Fatal outcome of opioid overdose, once detected, is
preventable through timely administration of the antidote naloxone. Take‐home naloxone …

Background. Opioids contribute to more than 60 000 deaths annually in North America.
While the expansion of overdose education and naloxone distribution (OEND) programs has …

Community-based opioid overdose prevention programs (OOPPs) that include the
distribution of naloxone have increased in response to alarmingly high overdose rates in …

Overdose prevention for people who use illicit drugs is essential during the current overdose
crisis. Peer support is a process whereby individuals with lived or living experience of a …

The objective of this review was to assess the effectiveness of bystander naloxone
administration and overdose education programs by synthesizing quantitative results …

Opioids are potent respiratory depressants, and overdose is a leading cause of death
among people who use them. Worldwide, an estimated 69 000 people die from opioid …

Background As physicians have increased opioid prescribing, overdose deaths from
pharmaceutical opioids have substantially increased in the United States. Naloxone …

Background Opioid overdose is a major cause of mortality, but injury and fatal outcomes can
be prevented by timely administration of the opioid antagonist naloxone. Pre-provision of …

Drugs, Crime and Public Health provides an accessible but critical discussion of recent
policy on illicit drugs. Using a comparative approach-centred on the UK, but with insights …

Background People who inject drugs have been central to the development of harm
reduction initiatives. Referred to as peer workers, peer helpers, or natural helpers, people …