Introduction: In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, considerable effort is going into identifying
and protecting those at risk. Criminalization, stigmatization and the psychological, physical …

Objective: The purpose of this scoping review was to systematically identify and describe
literature that uses a health equity–oriented approach for preventing and reducing the harms …

Abstract Introduction Supervised injection facilities (SIFs) have been developed to address
the public health burden associated with substance use. While these facilities have been …

Background Though overdose rates have been increasing in US rural areas for two
decades, little is known about the rural risk environment for overdoses. This qualitative study …

Freelisting is a qualitative interviewing technique that has recently grown in popularity. It is
an excellent tool for rapidly exploring how groups of people think about and define a …

Safe injection sites are spaces where people who inject drugs can do so under the
supervision of staff at the sites who attempt to revive them if they overdose. Public officials in …

Overdose prevention sites (OPS) are places where people use previously obtained drugs
under the supervision of a health professional. They have been proposed in six United …

Objectives To understand how people who inject drugs (PWID) experience skin and soft
tissue infections (SSTI) and make decisions to seek or delay medical treatment. Methods We …

Background To address the overdose crisis in the United States, expert groups have been
nearly unanimous in calls for increasing access to evidence-based treatment and overdose …

Drug consumption rooms (DCRs) have been developed in cities with open drug scenes,
with the aim to reduce drug-related harm. In Lyon, France's second-largest city, there is no …