A sco** review of qualitative research on barriers and facilitators to the use of supervised consumption services

A Ivsins, A Warnock, W Small, C Strike, T Kerr… - International Journal of …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
A substantial body of evidence demonstrates that supervised consumption services (SCS)
mitigate a variety of drug-related harms, including decreasing overdose deaths, infectious …

Implementation and sustainability of safe consumption sites: a qualitative systematic review and thematic synthesis

GH Yoon, TW Levengood, MJ Davoust, SN Ogden… - Harm reduction …, 2022‏ - Springer
Abstract Background Safe consumption sites (SCSs) serve diverse populations of people
who use drugs (PWUD) and public health objectives. SCS implementation began in the …

Implementation of safe supply alternatives during intersecting COVID-19 and overdose health emergencies in British Columbia, Canada, 2021

R McNeil, T Fleming, S Mayer… - … journal of public …, 2022‏ - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. To explore the implementation and effectiveness of the British Columbia,
Canada, risk mitigation guidelines among people who use drugs, focusing on how …

Impact of overdose prevention sites during a public health emergency in Victoria, Canada

B Pauly, B Wallace, F Pagan, J Phillips, M Wilson… - PloS one, 2020‏ - journals.plos.org
The primary objective of this study was to examine the impacts associated with
implementation of overdose preventions sites (OPSs) in Victoria, Canada during a declared …

Overdose prevention and housing: a qualitative study examining drug use, overdose risk, and access to safer supply in permanent supportive housing in Vancouver …

A Ivsins, L MacKinnon, JM Bowles, A Slaunwhite… - Journal of urban …, 2022‏ - Springer
The majority of overdose deaths in British Columbia (BC) occur among people using illicit
substances alone in private residences. Some supportive housing in BC includes on-site …

The practice and embodiment of “goofballs”: a qualitative study exploring the co-injection of methamphetamines and opioids

A Ivsins, T Fleming, A Barker, M Mansoor… - International Journal of …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
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 …

[ספר][B] Injecting bodies in more-than-human worlds

F Dennis - 2019‏ - taylorfrancis.com
Drug use is widely understood in terms of its subjects, substances and settings. But what
happens when these distinctions start to blur? Injecting Bodies in More-than-Human Worlds …

Practices of care among people who buy, use, and sell drugs in community settings

G Kolla, C Strike - Harm Reduction Journal, 2020‏ - Springer
Background Popular perception of people who sell drugs is negative, with drug selling
framed as predatory and morally reprehensible. In contrast, people who use drugs (PWUD) …

Everywhere and for everyone: proportionate universalism as a framework for equitable access to community drug checking

B Wallace, T van Roode, P Burek, D Hore… - Harm Reduction …, 2022‏ - Springer
Background Illicit drug overdoses have reached unprecedented levels, exacerbated by the
COVID-19 pandemic. Responses are needed that address the increasingly potent and …

Overdose prevention centres as spaces of safety, trust and inclusion: a causal pathway based on a realist review

A Stevens, JR Keemink, S Shirley‐Beavan… - Drug and alcohol …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Issues Overdose prevention centres (OPC) are non‐residential spaces where people can
use illicit drugs (that they have obtained elsewhere) in the presence of staff who can …