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The implementation of supervised smoking facilities (SSFs) as a harm reduction intervention has public health benefits for people who inhale drugs, but there are significant knowledge gaps surrounding the pers...
Permanent supportive housing (PSH) is the gold standard intervention for chronic homelessness, but PSH tenants face high risk for overdose due to a combination of individual and environmental risk factors. Lit...
Since the early days of the fight against HIV, zines have appeared to play a dual role: they encourage affected communities to voice their experiences and facilitate the exchange of information between researc...
Use of snus, including tobacco and nicotine pouches, is increasing in many countries. Nicotine increases blood pressure (BP) acutely, but the long-term effects of quitting the regular use of snus pouches are u...
In the context of online drug communities, the ethos of harm reduction comprises a set of ethical and practical principles that enable drug enthusiasts to shift stigma by normalizing certain behaviors to the d...
In 2017, Clark County, NV, implemented Public Health Vending Machines (PHVMs), an innovative approach to the dispensation of harm reduction supplies to persons who inject drugs (PWID), including sterile equipm...
Over a million people have died from overdose since 1999, over 600,000. of which involved opioids. Treatment options that focus on overdose prevention are desperately needed and buprenorphine treatment is a fo...
Harm reduction (HR) services are developing in Africa. In Senegal, the overall HR service coverage ratio is one WUD for every 10 men. By analysing gender-specific initiatives developed by HR stakeholders and e...
Understanding the hepatitis C virus (HCV) cascade of care (CoC) and factors associated with engagement is crucial for designing interventions for achieving HCV elimination. However, data on engagement in the H...
Reversing trends in substance use-related health inequities among Indigenous Peoples requires investments in epidemiological research anchored in community-based participatory research (CBPR) methodologies. Th...
Opioid agonist treatment (OAT) is a highly effective treatment option for people with opioid use disorder. The potent medications used create dilemmas regarding low or high thresholds to access treatment, pati...
Polysubstance use is common at electronic dance music (EDM) events and hazards associated with polysubstance use may be exacerbated when people who use drugs are unaware of the contents of their drug sample. R...
Reliable epidemiological data are limited on the lung cancer risk of groups using e-cigarettes (ECIGs) and groups using heated tobacco products (HTPs).
Since July 2022, the Australian government has required online wagering operators to send all active customers activity statements as part of the National Consumer Protection Framework in an effort to reduce g...
The increasing implementation of harm reduction strategies such as take-home naloxone has placed people who use drugs (PWUD) in the position of overdose responders during overdose events, but the perspectives ...
This commentary examines Australia’s intensified regulatory approach toward nicotine control, revealing a shift that increasingly resembles a de facto War on Nicotine. While traditional tobacco control measure...
A welfare-first approach to harm reduction at UK festivals is emerging as a critical strategy for enhancing festival safety. In particular, the implementation of anonymous, non-punitive drug-checking services ...
Interventions aimed to mitigate drug-related harm include drug checking, which invloves a chemical analysis of a drug sample alongside personalized harm reduction advise. The Drug Information and Monitoring Sy...
This project sought to contribute to healthy, safe organizational cultures within Vancouver’s hospital system healthcare system as one method to address indirect harms of the province’s drug toxicity and housi...
As in much of the United States, there have been significant increases in overdose deaths among non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic/Latinx populations in Rhode Island over the past decade. Given the shifting dynam...
Pharmacies often restrict access to over the counter (OTC) syringes. The objective of this study was to quantify the frequency that patients experience barriers when seeking to purchase a 10-pack of OTC syring...
Overdose prevention centres (OPCs) are spaces where people can consume previously obtained illicit drugs under the supervision of staff who can intervene to prevent and manage overdose. They have been provided...
The Australian Government introduced a major policy change tightening regulations regarding the access to nicotine containing e-cigarettes in October 2021. We assessed general practitioners’ (GPs) knowledge, a...
In many rural US Appalachian and Midwestern counties, stigma surrounding harm reduction interventions has led health professionals and policymakers to approach drug policy implementation with caution, fearing ...
The original article was published in Harm Reduction Journal 2025 22:6
People who inject drugs (PWID) experience a higher burden of HIV compared to general populations. Social support has been shown to improve disease management and combat stigma for PWID yet remains unexplored a...
People who inject drugs (PWID) remain at high risk for HIV in many countries, including Afghanistan. Previous reports on HIV testing and prevalence in Afghanistan were published in 2012. This study assessed re...
This paper outlines the implementation of opt-out HIV and Hepatitis C (HCV) screening at a syringe services program (SSP) in Florida, highlighting its effectiveness in reducing the transmission of these infect...
The COVID-19 pandemic health crisis and its potential implications for people who use drugs (PWUD) created permissive conditions toward social innovation and experimentation. Still, it also exposed gaps in har...
Illicit opioids, including fentanyl, are linked to unprecedented levels of overdose in Canada and elsewhere. The risks associated with illicit opioids can include high potency, unpredictable concentration and ...
The Correction to this article has been published in Harm Reduction Journal 2025 22:62
People who use drugs (PWUD) are at increased mortality risk, yet they typically avoid healthcare settings due to stigma and shunning. Understanding the healthcare journey from the viewpoint of PWUD has been un...
The second wave of integrated bio-behavioural surveys was conducted among people who inject drugs (PWID) in the cities of Zagreb, Split, and Rijeka in Croatia to estimate the prevalence of HIV and hepatitis C ...
Substance use treatment (SUT) and harm reduction are often perceived as having distinct goals despite people who use drugs routinely having needs that encompass both services. The co-occurring SUT and harm red...
Co-use of benzodiazepines and/or ‘z-drugs’ along with opioids is linked to the rise in drug related deaths (DRD) in the UK. Understanding patterns of co-use could inform harm reduction strategies for reducing ...
In the early 1990s, the spread of HIV among heroin injectors prompted a shift in drug policy internationally, including in France. This led to the emergence of a new policy known as Harm Reduction (HR) and rel...
To combat the public health concern that is problem gambling, gambling operators are increasingly being required by legislation to exercise a duty of care obligation, including the provision of Responsible Gam...
People who inject drugs (PWID) are more likely to engage in unsafe sexual behavior placing them at high risk of acquiring HIV and other STIs. This study aims to assess the prevalence and predictors of inconsis...
Opioid overdose education and naloxone distribution (OEND) is an evidence-based strategy to reduce opioid overdose deaths in line with guidance provided by the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nation...
Heated tobacco products (HTPs) deliver nicotine with significantly lower toxicant exposure relative to combustible cigarettes. HTPs may serve as viable tobacco harm reduction options for adults who smoke but a...
Intersectional stigma of drug-use and HIV hinders provision and utilization of HIV prevention services for people who inject drugs (PWID), particularly within rural US communities. Resilience and coping may be...
The use of psychoactive substances is a key public health issue due to its impact on mental, physical, and social health. Integrated drug checking is a well-known harm reduction and addiction prevention measur...
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection remains a public health threat. Although therapy with direct-acting antivirals made its elimination possible, major challenges remain in treating vulnerable populations, such ...
Online gambling products involve a heightened risk of harm, but there are some possibilities to prevent and reduce these harms. Notably, mandatory identification in online gambling environments allows for a ra...
Traditional treatment approaches for prescription-type opioid use disorder (POUD), centered on abstinence, have limitations and hinder the development of interventions that meet the needs of people with POUD. ...
Drug-related harm is a significant public health concern in the UK, particularly among underserved groups such as gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM). This study explores the role of nig...
The state of Louisiana ranked 4th in the US for per capita overdose rates as 56 out of 100,000 persons died due to overdose and 1,300 of those deaths involved opioids. Opioid involved deaths increased 131% bet...
The City of Boston has faced unprecedented challenges with substance use amidst changes to the illicit drug supply and increased visibility of homelessness. Among its responses, Boston developed six low thresh...
The introduction of Direct-Acting Antivirals (DAAs) transformed Hepatitis C (HCV) treatment, despite this uptake of DAAs remains lower than required to meet the WHO Sustainable Development Goal (3.3). Treatmen...
Canadian Veterans experiencing chronic pain report concerns about accessing accurate information on the risks associated with medical cannabis (MC) use. The Lower Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines (LRCUG) were deve...
People in justice settings experience higher rates of psychiatric morbidity, including alcohol and drug use disorders, compared with the general population. However, our understanding of opioid-related harms i...
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