Assessing drug consumption rooms and longer term (5 year) impacts on community and clients
V Tran, SE Reid, A Roxburgh… - Risk management and …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Background Drug consumption rooms (DCRs) and supervised injecting facilities (SIFs)
provide a safe environment in which people who inject drugs (PWIDs) can inject under …
provide a safe environment in which people who inject drugs (PWIDs) can inject under …
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 …
existing evidence. It describes the impact of OPCs on individuals who use drugs …
Focus on prevention: The public is more supportive of “overdose prevention sites” than they are of “safe injection facilities”
Abstract Research Summary: Using a national survey experiment, we examined Americans'
national and local‐level support for facilities that provide a safer space for individuals to …
national and local‐level support for facilities that provide a safer space for individuals to …
Comprehensive needle and syringe program and opioid agonist therapy reduce HIV and hepatitis c virus acquisition among people who inject drugs in different …
Abstract Background and Aims Although the Netherlands, Canada and Australia were early
adopters of harm reduction for people who inject drugs (PWID), their respective HIV and …
adopters of harm reduction for people who inject drugs (PWID), their respective HIV and …
Cohort profile: The Melbourne injecting drug user cohort study (SuperMIX)
W Van Den Boom, MM Quiroga… - International Journal …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
(Medicare) number and currently residing in Melbourne or the Greater Geelong region.
Eligibility based on not receiving OAT was withdrawn 3 months into the cohort and the upper …
Eligibility based on not receiving OAT was withdrawn 3 months into the cohort and the upper …
Harm reduction or amplification? The adverse impact of a supervised injection room on housing prices
A medically supervised injecting room (MSIR)—a facility for the safe injection of illicit drugs—
is an example of a harm reduction approach against opioid epidemics. An economic theory …
is an example of a harm reduction approach against opioid epidemics. An economic theory …
'The gear could be cut with fentanyl which is starting to happen more in Australia': exploring overdose survivors' perspectives on toxic supply and safe consumption
T Piatkowski, E Kill, S Reeve - Drugs: Education, Prevention and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Background The widespread proliferation of high-potency synthetic opioids, particularly
fentanyl, has precipitated a severe public health crisis in North America, with escalating …
fentanyl, has precipitated a severe public health crisis in North America, with escalating …
Eliminating hepatitis C in Australia: a novel model of hepatitis C testing and treatment for people who inject drugs at a medically supervised injecting facility
MB MacIsaac, B Whitton, A Hubble… - Medical Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To evaluate the feasibility of testing and treating people who inject drugs at a
supervised injecting facility for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Design Retrospective cohort …
supervised injecting facility for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Design Retrospective cohort …
The onset and severity of acute opioid toxicity in heroin overdose cases: a retrospective cohort study at a supervised injecting facility in Melbourne, Australia
NC Stam, S Cogger, JL Schumann, A Weeks… - Clinical …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Aim To differentiate the severity of acute opioid toxicity and describe both the clinical and
physiological features associated with heroin overdose in a cohort of witnessed overdose …
physiological features associated with heroin overdose in a cohort of witnessed overdose …
Mental health status, health service utilization, drug use behaviors associated with non-fatal overdose among people who use illicit drugs: a meta-analysis
Background The present study aims to determine mental health conditions, service use
determinants, and drug use behaviors associated with non-fatal overdose among people …
determinants, and drug use behaviors associated with non-fatal overdose among people …