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Connecting: A Guide to Using Harm Reduction Supplies as Engagement Tools

Connecting - A Guide to Using Harm Reduction Supplies as Engagement Tools was developed to support frontline workers in their day to day work.

Guide or handbook | 2020
Harm reduction, Wrap-around services, About prescribers, Social services, Illegal drugs, Stimulants, Injecting drugs

Latent patterns of polysubstance use among people who use opioids: A systematic review

Person-centered analytical approaches (e.g., latent class analysis) provide a holistic understanding of individuals’ substance use patterns and help understand PSU heterogeneities among PWUO and their
Lit review | 2022
About PWUD, Housing, Legal system/law enforcement, Illegal drugs, Stimulants, Mental health

Topiramate for the Treatment of Cocaine Addiction: A Randomized Clinical Trial

To determine the efficacy of topiramate vs placebo as a treatment for cocaine dependence.

Original research | 2013
Stimulants, Substitution/OAT

Treatment Approaches for Users of Methamphetamine: A Practical Guide for Frontline Workers

Alcohol and other drug (AOD) workers from a variety of service settings are now frequently required to respond to methamphetamine users who are experiencing the harmful effects of methamphetamine, goi
Guide or handbook | 2008
Clinical guidance, Harm reduction, About prescribers, Social services, Illegal drugs, Stimulants, Transitions in care/treatment

“It’s called overamping”: experiences of overdose among people who use methamphetamine

We explore qualitative narratives of methamphetamine overdose and strategies used by people who use drugs to reduce the undesirable effects associated with methamphetamine use.
Original research | 2022
Overdose, Harm reduction, About PWUD, Illegal drugs, Stimulants

Patterns of Medication and Healthcare Use among People who Died of an Opioid-Related Toxicity during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ontario

Report | 2022
Overdose, Mortality, Evidence base, About PWUD, Outcomes, Housing, Illegal drugs, Stimulants, Substitution/OAT, Mental health

Promising outcomes from a cognitive behavioral therapy text-messaging intervention targeting drug use, antiretroviral therapy adherence, and HIV risk behaviors among adults living with HIV and substance use disorders

We developed and evaluated a 12-week, CBT-based text-messaging intervention (TXT-CBT) targeting drug use and adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) for adults with HIV and comorbid opioid and stimu
Original research | 2021
About PWUD, Outcomes, Illegal drugs, Stimulants, Digital health

Stimulant safe supply: a potential opportunity to respond to the overdose epidemic

Current treatments for stimulant use disorder have limited effectiveness, and even less applicability to the lived realities of marginalized stimulant users.
Commentary | 2020
Policy/Regulatory, Safer supply, Equity, Advocacy, Illegal drugs, Stimulants

Toxicology and prescribed medication histories among people experiencing fatal illicit drug overdose in British Columbia, Canada

Our objective was to assess prescription history in the context of postmortem toxicology among people who had a fatal illicit drug overdose in BC.
Original research | 2020
Overdose, Mortality, Evidence base, Safer supply, Outcomes, Illegal drugs, Stimulants

A Treatment Algorithm for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Cocaine-Dependent Adults: A One-Year Private Practice Study with Long-Acting Stimulants, Fluoxetine, and Bupropion

We report evidence that study subjects probably medicated their ADHD symptoms with cocaine and describe a 1‐year treatment algorithm featuring long‐acting stimulants that was effective in the manageme
Original research | 1999
About prescribers, Outcomes, Illegal drugs, Stimulants

Crystal Meth, Opiates, Overdose and Housing in Kingston, Ontario: 2021 Rapid Assessment and Reponse

The people who frequent the Integrated Care Hub (ICH) – its stakeholders – know best what they are experiencing and what they need.

Report | 2021
Overdose, Evidence base, Harm reduction, Policy/Regulatory, Wrap-around services, Safer supply, Decriminalization/legalization, Equity, About PWUD, Social services, Barriers and enablers, Poverty, Housing, Crime, Legal system/law enforcement, Illegal drugs, Chronic pain, Indigenous, Small/medium cities, Stimulants, Sex/Gender , Stigma, Mental health

Safer Crack Smoking

Handout | 2020
Harm reduction, Illegal drugs, Stimulants

Safer Crystal Meth Smoking

Handout | 2020
Harm reduction, Illegal drugs, Stimulants

Validation of the tobacco, alcohol, prescription medication, and other substance use (TAPS) tool with the WHO alcohol, smoking, and substance Involvement screening test

The goal of this study was to validate the performance of the Tobacco, Alcohol, Prescription medication, and other Substance use (TAPS) tool in community pharmacy settings compared to a reference-stan
Original research | 2021
About pharmacists, Illegal drugs, Stimulants

A Guide to Staying Off Crystal for a Day or Longer: Practical tips from gay and bisexual men

Includes harm reduction tips
Handout | 2013
Withdrawal, Harm reduction, About PWUD, Illegal drugs, 2SLGBTQI+, Stimulants, Sex/Gender

Crystal methamphetamine use subgroups and associated addiction care access and overdose risk in a Canadian urban setting

Subgroups within the diverse methamphetamine-using population may have distinct treatment needs.
Original research | 2022
Overdose, Harm reduction, Equity, About PWUD, Outcomes, Poverty, Illegal drugs, Stimulants

Pharmacotherapeutic strategies for treating cocaine use disorder—what do we have to offer?

Cocaine use contines to be a significant public health problem world-wide.
Commentary | 2020
Illegal drugs, Stimulants

Correlates of concurrent use of stimulants and opioids among people who access harm reduction services in British Columbia, Canada: Findings from the 2019 Harm Reduction Client Survey

Describing substance use practices and elucidating correlates of concurrent use can inform harm reduction service provision and prevent overdose events.

Original research | 2022
Overdose, Policy/Regulatory, About PWUD, Youth, Illegal drugs, Stimulants

META:PHI Withdrawal Management Services Manual

This manual was created for providers working in residential community-based withdrawal management services (WMS) to standardize care, improve documentation and information sharing, and provide qui

Webpage | 2021
Withdrawal, About prescribers, Illegal drugs, Substitution/OAT, Stimulants, Harm reduction, Safer supply

Pharmacists Guidelines for Risk Mitigation in the Context of Dual Public Health Emergencies: Notification to all pharmacists in the Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) region

Pharmacists Guidelines for risk mitigation in BC from Vancouver Coastal Health
Guidelines | 2020
Clinical guidance, Harm reduction, Policy/Regulatory, Safer supply, About pharmacists, Stimulants, Substitution/OAT, Injecting drugs

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