Changes in drug use behaviors coinciding with the emergence of illicit fentanyl among people who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada.

CONCLUSION: The majority of PWUD in our sample did not change their drug use behavior despite a high prevalence of fentanyl exposure, indicating a need for targeted behavior change messaging and overdose prevention efforts such as naloxone and addiction treatment for this sub-population of PWUD. Further, the high fentanyl exposure observed in our sample suggests a need to address upstream structural factors shaping the overdose risk in addition to individual behavioral change. PMID: 32689810 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32689810?dopt=Abstract

Source: The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse - July 19, 2020 Category: Addiction Authors: Brar R, Grant C, DeBeck K, Milloy MJ, Fairbairn N, Wood E, Kerr T, Hayashi K Tags: Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse Source Type: research