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Stimulant safe supply: a potential opportunity to respond to the overdose epidemic by Fleming, Taylor, Barker, Allison, Ivsins, Andrew, Vakharia, Sheila, McNeil, Ryan

“…Occurring against the backdrop of an overdose crisis, stimulant use and stimulant-involved deaths in North America are increasing at an alarming rate. Many of…”
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Moving towards a continuum of safer supply options for people who use drugs: A qualitative study exploring national perspectives on safer supply among professional stakeholders in Canada by Foreman-Mackey, Annie, Pauly, Bernie, Ivsins, Andrew, Urbanoski, Karen, Mansoor, Manal, Bardwell, Geoff

“…Abstract Background Novel public health interventions are needed to address the toxic drug supply and meet the needs of people who use drugs amidst the…”
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Community partner perspectives on the implementation of a novel safer supply program in Canada: a qualitative study of the MySafe Project by Mansoor, Manal, Foreman-Mackey, Annie, Ivsins, Andrew, Bardwell, Geoff

“…The adulteration of the illicit drug supply with fentanyl and its analogues is driving the ongoing overdose crisis in North America. While various harm…”
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Tackling the overdose crisis: The role of safe supply by Ivsins, Andrew, Boyd, Jade, Beletsky, Leo, McNeil, Ryan

“…North America is experiencing an unprecedented overdose crisis driven by the proliferation of fentanyl and its analogues in the illicit drug supply. In 2018…”
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Animal house: University risk environments and the regulation of students’ alcohol use by Wilkinson, Blair, Ivsins, Andrew

“…This article extends the risk environment framework to understand the factors that universities identify as influencing university students’ risky drinking…”
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Looking beyond harm: meaning and purpose of substance use in the lives of marginalized people who use drugs by Ivsins, Andrew, Yake, Kevin

“…Substance use among marginalized populations has historically been constructed as a social problem to be managed, cured, and eliminated. Much social science…”
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Safer opioid supply via a biometric dispensing machine: a qualitative study of barriers, facilitators and associated outcomes by Bardwell, Geoff, Ivsins, Andrew, Mansoor, Manal, Nolan, Seonaid, Kerr, Thomas

“…The MySafe program provides pharmaceutical-grade opioids to participants with opioid use disorder via a biometric dispensing machine. The objectives of this…”
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Exploring what shapes injection and non-injection among a sample of marginalized people who use drugs by Ivsins, Andrew, Marsh, Samona

“…Few studies have specifically explored what influences people who use drugs to consume them in certain ways (i.e., smoking, injecting). While a great deal of…”
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A qualitative study on perceptions and experiences of overdose among people who smoke drugs in Vancouver, British Columbia by Ivsins, Andrew, Bonn, Matt, McNeil, Ryan, Boyd, Jade, Kerr, Thomas

“…Smoking unregulated drugs has increased substantially in British Columbia. Intersecting with the ongoing overdose crisis, drug smoking-related overdose…”
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Barriers and facilitators to a novel low-barrier hydromorphone distribution program in Vancouver, Canada: a qualitative study by Ivsins, Andrew, Boyd, Jade, Mayer, Samara, Collins, Alexandra, Sutherland, Christy, Kerr, Thomas, McNeil, Ryan

“…•Examines engagement with a hydromorphone distribution program in Vancouver, Canada.•Barriers included operating hours, dosing schedule, and generic…”
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Reasons for enrolling in safer supply programs: A longitudinal qualitative study on participant goals and related outcomes in the MySafe program by Ivsins, Andrew, Mansoor, Manal, Bowles, Jeanette, Bardwell, Geoff

“…Safer supply programs are a novel response to the ongoing overdose crisis in Canada - providing people at high overdose risk with a safer alternative to the…”
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Implementation of Safe Supply Alternatives During Intersecting COVID-19 and Overdose Health Emergencies in British Columbia, Canada, 2021 by McNeil, Ryan, Fleming, Taylor, Mayer, Samara, Barker, Allison, Mansoor, Manal, Betsos, Alex, Austin, Tamar, Parusel, Sylvia, Ivsins, Andrew, Boyd, Jade

“…To explore the implementation and effectiveness of the British Columbia, Canada, risk mitigation guidelines among people who use drugs, focusing on how…”
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“It’s Helped Me a Lot, Just Like to Stay Alive”: a Qualitative Analysis of Outcomes of a Novel Hydromorphone Tablet Distribution Program in Vancouver, Canada by Ivsins, Andrew, Boyd, Jade, Mayer, Samara, Collins, Alexandra, Sutherland, Christy, Kerr, Thomas, McNeil, Ryan

“…North America is experiencing an overdose crisis driven by fentanyl, related analogues, and fentanyl-adulterated drugs. In response, there have been increased…”
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Problematizing the DSM-5 criteria for opioid use disorder: A qualitative analysis by Boyd, Susan, Ivsins, Andrew, Murray, Dave

“…This paper includes the voices of people who are members of a peer-led drug user group (SNAP) in Canada who are receiving heroin-assisted treatment (HAT)…”
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“Everybody looks at it as drug use instead of pain management”: Experiences of chronic pain and its management among older people living with HIV who use drugs in Vancouver, British Columbia by Chayama, Koharu Loulou, Ng, Cara, Ivsins, Andrew, Small, Will, Knight, Rod, McNeil, Ryan

“…Chronic pain is a common comorbidity among people living with HIV (PLHIV) who use drugs. However, in-depth understanding of how chronic pain is managed among…”
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Overdose Prevention and Housing: a Qualitative Study Examining Drug Use, Overdose Risk, and Access to Safer Supply in Permanent Supportive Housing in Vancouver, Canada by Ivsins, Andrew, MacKinnon, Laura, Bowles, Jeanette M., Slaunwhite, Amanda, Bardwell, Geoff

“…The majority of overdose deaths in British Columbia (BC) occur among people using illicit substances alone in private residences. Some supportive housing in BC…”
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A Low-Barrier and Comprehensive Community-Based Harm-Reduction Site in Vancouver, Canada by Olding, Michelle, Ivsins, Andrew, Mayer, Samara, Betsos, Alex, Boyd, Jade, Sutherland, Christy, Culbertson, Coco, Kerr, Thomas, McNeil, Ryan

“…"The Molson" is a low-barrier, peer-staffed, supervised consumption site located in Vancouver, Canada. In addition to overdose response, this site offers drug…”
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“The machine doesn't judge”: Counternarratives on surveillance among people accessing a safer opioid supply via biometric machines by Bardwell, Geoff, Ivsins, Andrew, Wallace, James R., Mansoor, Manal, Kerr, Thomas

“…People who use illegal drugs experience routine surveillance, including in healthcare and harm reduction settings. The MySafe Project - a safer supply pilot…”
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ACCESS TO NO-COST PHARMACEUTICAL ALTERNATIVES TO ILLICIT DRUGS DURING INTERSECTING COVID-19 AND OVERDOSE HEALTH EMERGENCIES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA: A QUALITATIVE STUDY by McNeil, Ryan, Fleming, Taylor, Mayer, Samara, Parusel, Sylvia, Ivsins, Andrew, Boyd, Jade

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A scoping review of qualitative research on barriers and facilitators to the use of supervised consumption services by Ivsins, Andrew, Warnock, Ashley, Small, Will, Strike, Carol, Kerr, Thomas, Bardwell, Geoff

“…•Scoping review of qualitative studies on supervised consumption services.•Supervised consumption services attend to the health and wellbeing of service…”
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