“You've got to care to carry this stuff” Community implications from take-home naloxone use: A qualitative study

In New Mexico, drug overdose rates have been among the highest in the nation for the past two decades, with 332 overdose deaths involving opioids in 2017. While interventions aimed at enhancing distribution and uptake of take-home naloxone (THN) have identified people who use opioids as viable candidates, there exists a gap in applying these findings to underserved, ethnic minority women.

Source: Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment - May 10, 2020 Category: Addiction Authors: Miria Kano, Julie G. Salvador, William Katzman, Andrew L. Sussman, Mikiko Y. Takeda Source Type: research