Music festival drug checking: evaluation of an Australian pilot program
This paper explores the feasibility of delivering a music festival-based drug checking service in Australia, evaluating service design and stakeholder acceptability. (Source: Harm Reduction Journal)
Source: Harm Reduction Journal - November 19, 2022 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Anna Olsen, Gabriel Wong and David McDonald Tags: Research Source Type: research
Attitudes toward harm reduction and low-threshold healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic: qualitative interviews with people who use drugs in rural southern Illinois
Chronic health conditions associated with long-term drug use may pose additional risks to people who use drugs (PWUD) when coupled with COVID-19 infection. Despite this, PWUD, especially those living in rural ... (Source: Harm Reduction Journal)
Source: Harm Reduction Journal - November 19, 2022 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Alex Rains, Mary York, Rebecca Bolinski, Jerel Ezell, Lawrence J. Ouellet, Wiley D. Jenkins and Mai T. Pho Tags: Research Source Type: research
Difficulty accessing supervised consumption services during the COVID-19 pandemic among people who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada
The overdose crisis in Canada has worsened since the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although this trend is thought to be driven in part by closures or reduced capacity of supervised consumption services (... (Source: Harm Reduction Journal)
Source: Harm Reduction Journal - November 18, 2022 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Rachel Cassie, Kanna Hayashi, Kora DeBeck, M.-J. Milloy, Zishan Cui, Carol Strike, Jeff West and Mary Clare Kennedy Tags: Research Source Type: research
Injecting drugs alone during an overdose crisis in Vancouver, Canada
Settings throughout Canada and the USA continue to experience crises of overdose death due to the toxic unregulated drug supply. Injecting drugs alone limits the potential for intervention and has accounted fo... (Source: Harm Reduction Journal)
Source: Harm Reduction Journal - November 17, 2022 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Alexa Norton, Kanna Hayashi, Cheyenne Johnson, JinCheol Choi, M-J Milloy and Thomas Kerr Tags: Research Source Type: research
Philanthropic donor perspectives about providing harm reduction services for people living with HIV/AIDS in a hospital setting
Hospital-based harm reduction services are needed to reduce drug-related harms, facilitate retention in care, and increase medical treatment adherence for people who use drugs. Philanthropic donor support play... (Source: Harm Reduction Journal)
Source: Harm Reduction Journal - November 16, 2022 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Katherine Rudzinski, Soo Chan Carusone, Andre Ceranto, Francisco Ib áñez-Carrasco, Lisa McDonald, Dean Valentine, Adrian Guta, Elaine Hyshka, William O’Leary, Andra Cardow and Carol Strike Tags: Research Source Type: research
