Background With drug-related deaths at record levels in the UK, the government faces two
potential sources of pressure to implement more effective policies. One source is the …

Background Drug related deaths (DRD) are at historically high levels in the United Kingdom
(UK), but some approaches that have the potential to reduce risk of mortality remain …

News media coverage of the US opioid epidemic influences Americans' knowledge of and
preferences for solutions to address the crisis. From 1998 to 2012, news media coverage of …

Abstract Background Drug consumptions rooms (DCRs) are a well-established and
evidence-based harm reduction response to drug use. Recently, a consortium led by health …

Background We investigated the relationship between overdose events and grief and loss
responses among people who inject drugs. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional, tablet …

Background Opioid-related overdose death is a public health epidemic in much of the USA,
yet little is known about how people who use opioids (PWUO) experience overdose deaths …

Purpose Stigma reduction is an important public health challenge because of the large
morbidity and mortality associated with some forms of substance use. Extreme stigma can …

Opioid overdose deaths are a major health issue in Australia and around the world.
Programmes to provide opioid consumers with 'take-home'naloxone to reverse overdose …

Global drug policy is currently dominated by great enthusiasm about human rights, including
the idea that rights can generate less punitive approaches to drugs. But if human rights were …

Drugged bodies are commonly depicted as passive, suffering and abject, which makes it
hard for them to be known in other ways. Wanting to get closer to these alternative bodies …