Drug checking services for people who use drugs: a systematic review

N Maghsoudi, J Tanguay, K Scarfone, I Rammohan… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Aims Drug checking services provide people who use drugs with
chemical analysis results of their drug samples while simultaneously monitoring the …

Point-of-care community drug checking technologies: an insider look at the scientific principles and practical considerations

L Gozdzialski, B Wallace, D Hore - Harm Reduction Journal, 2023 - Springer
Drug checking is increasingly being explored outside of festivals and events to be an
ongoing service within communities, frequently integrated within responses to illicit drug …

Tackling the overdose crisis: the role of safe supply

A Ivsins, J Boyd, L Beletsky, R McNeil - International Journal of Drug Policy, 2020 - Elsevier
North America is experiencing an unprecedented overdose crisis driven by the proliferation
of fentanyl and its analogues in the illicit drug supply. In 2018 there were 67,367 drug …

Mortality among individuals prescribed opioid-agonist therapy in Scotland, UK, 2011–20: a national retrospective cohort study

A McAuley, R Fraser, M Glancy, A Yeung… - The Lancet Public …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Drug-related death (DRD) rate in Scotland, UK, has increased rapidly to one of
the highest in the world. Our aim was to examine the extent to which opioid-agonist therapy …

[HTML][HTML] Changes in substance supply and use characteristics among people who use drugs (PWUD) during the COVID-19 global pandemic: a national qualitative …

F Ali, C Russell, F Nafeh, J Rehm, S LeBlanc… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background People who use drugs (PWUD) may be at an increased risk of experiencing
negative effects related to COVID-19. Border and non-essential service closures may have …

An outbreak of novel psychoactive substance benzodiazepines in the unregulated drug supply: Preliminary results from a community drug checking program using …

MK Laing, L Ti, A Marmel, S Tobias, AM Shapiro… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background From mid-2018, an increase in novel psychoactive substance (NPS)
benzodiazepines was noted on surveillance of the unregulated drug market around …

Integrating harm reduction into outpatient opioid use disorder treatment settings: harm reduction in outpatient addiction treatment

JL Taylor, S Johnson, R Cruz, JR Gray, D Schiff… - Journal of General …, 2021 - Springer
Opioid use disorder (OUD) is increasingly recognized as a chronic, relapsing brain disease
whose treatment should be integrated into primary care settings alongside other chronic …

[HTML][HTML] Perspectives of people in Philadelphia who use fentanyl/heroin adulterated with the animal tranquilizer xylazine; Making a case for xylazine test strips

MK Reed, NS Imperato, JM Bowles, VJ Salcedo… - Drug and alcohol …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Xylazine is an animal tranquilizer increasingly detected in those who have died
of an opioid overdose in Philadelphia, PA and elsewhere. Despite an increasing presence …

Opioid-associated out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: distinctive clinical features and implications for health care and public responses: a scientific statement from the …

C Dezfulian, AM Orkin, BA Maron, J Elmer, S Girotra… - Circulation, 2021 - ahajournals.org
Opioid overdose is the leading cause of death for Americans 25 to 64 years of age, and
opioid use disorder affects> 2 million Americans. The epidemiology of opioid-associated out …

A new quantitative drug checking technology for harm reduction: pilot study in Vancouver, Canada using paper spray mass spectrometry

SA Borden, A Saatchi, GW Vandergrift… - Drug and Alcohol …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Drug checking services for harm reduction and overdose prevention have been
implemented in many jurisdictions as a public health intervention in response to the opioid …