The impact of stigma on people with opioid use disorder, opioid treatment, and policy

A Cheetham, L Picco, A Barnett… - Substance abuse and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Illicit drug use disorders are the most stigmatised health conditions worldwide, and stigma
acts as a meaningful barrier to treatment entry and treatment provision. In the context of …

Does naloxone provision lead to increased substance use? A systematic review to assess if there is evidence of a 'moral hazard'associated with naloxone supply

WC Tse, F Djordjevic, V Borja, L Picco, T Lam… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Take home naloxone (THN) programs have been rapidly upscaled in response
to increasing opioid-related mortality. One often cited concern is that naloxone provision …

[HTML][HTML] How do relational practices co-constitute care for people who use drugs? The social and political dimensions of peer-led harm reduction

T Piatkowski, K Seear, S Reeve, E Kill - International Journal of Drug Policy, 2024 - Elsevier
Introduction People who use drugs have a long history of mobilising to reduce harm within
their communities, significantly influencing harm reduction efforts globally. Peers with lived …

A qualitative examination of naloxone access in three states: Connecticut, Kentucky, and Wisconsin

AL Spector, CL Galletly, EA Christenson… - BMC Public Health, 2022 - Springer
Background Prevention of opioid-involved overdose deaths remains a public health priority
in the United States. While expanding access to naloxone is a national public health …

Stigma by association: to what extent is the attitude toward naloxone affected by the stigma of opioid use disorder?

SO Adeosun - Journal of pharmacy practice, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
The United States opioid epidemic is fueled by illicit opioid abuse and prescription opioid
misuse and abuse. Consequently, cases of opioid use disorder (OUD, opioid addiction) …

Naloxone knowledge and attitudes towards overdose response among family members of people who misuse opioids

SM Resko, E Pasman, DL Hicks, G Lee, JD Ellis… - Journal of Community …, 2024 - Springer
Providing family members of individuals with opioid use disorders (OUD) naloxone is a cost-
effective way to prevent overdose deaths. However, misconceptions and negative attitudes …

[HTML][HTML] Remaking the 'angry Narcanned subject': Affording new subject positions through take-home naloxone training

N Ferguson, A Farrugia, D Moore, S Fraser - International Journal of Drug …, 2024 - Elsevier
Naloxone is a medication used to reverse opioid overdose. Alongside its lifesaving effects, it
also has a reputation for producing distress, aggression and occasionally violence upon …

Practical implications of naloxone knowledge among suburban people who use opioids

KE Schneider, GJ Urquhart, S Rouhani, JN Park… - Harm reduction …, 2021 - Springer
Background Naloxone distribution programs have been a cornerstone of the public health
response to the overdose crisis in the USA. Yet people who use opioids (PWUO) continue to …

[HTML][HTML] Take-home naloxone and the prevention of deaths from heroin overdose: pursuing strong science, fuller understanding, greater impact

J Strang - European addiction research, 2022 - karger.com
Abstract Background and Context: Realization of the life-saving potential of “take-home
naloxone” has been a personal journey, but it has also been a collective journey. It has been …

The cost and impact of distributing naloxone to people who are prescribed opioids to prevent opioid‐related deaths: findings from a modelling study

S Nielsen, N Scott, T Tidhar, MM Quiroga, S Lenton… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background and aims Although most opioid‐related mortality in Australia involves
prescription opioids, most research to understand the impact of naloxone supply on opioid …