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Practices of care among people who buy, use, and sell drugs in community settings by Kolla, Gillian, Strike, Carol

“…Popular perception of people who sell drugs is negative, with drug selling framed as predatory and morally reprehensible. In contrast, people who use drugs…”
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Initiations of safer supply hydromorphone increased during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario: An interrupted time series analysis by Young, Samantha, Gomes, Tara, Kolla, Gillian, McCormack, Daniel, Dodd, Zoë, Raboud, Janet, Bayoumi, Ahmed M

“…Calls to prescribe safer supply hydromorphone (SSHM) as an alternative to the toxic drug supply increased during the COVID-19 pandemic but it is unknown…”
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Community networks of services for pregnant and parenting women with problematic substance use by Urbanoski, Karen, Joordens, Chantele, Kolla, Gillian, Milligan, Karen

“…Integrated treatment programs for pregnant and parenting women who use substances operate at the intersection of multiple service systems, including…”
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Impact of safer supply programs on injection practices: client and provider experiences in Ontario, Canada by Gagnon, Marilou, Rudzinski, Katherine, Guta, Adrian, Schmidt, Rose A, Kryszajtys, David T, Kolla, Gillian, Strike, Carol

“…Fentanyl has contributed to a sharp rise in the toxicity of the unregulated drug supply and fatal overdoses in Canada. It has also changed injection practices…”
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A qualitative study on overdose response in the era of COVID-19 and beyond: how to spot someone so they never have to use alone by Perri, Melissa, Kaminski, Natalie, Bonn, Matthew, Kolla, Gillian, Guta, Adrian, Bayoumi, Ahmed M, Challacombe, Laurel, Gagnon, Marilou, Touesnard, Natasha, McDougall, Patrick, Strike, Carol

“…Background Spotting is an informal practice among people who use drugs (PWUD) where they witness other people using drugs and respond if an overdose occurs…”
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Substance use care innovations during COVID-19: barriers and facilitators to the provision of safer supply at a toronto COVID-19 isolation and recovery site by Kolla, Gillian, Tarannum, Chowdhury Nishwara, Fajber, Kaitlin, Worku, Fiqir, Norris, Kris, Long, Cathy, Fagundes, Raphaela, Rucchetto, Anne, Hannan, Eileen, Kikot, Richard, Klaiman, Michelle, Firestone, Michelle, Bayoumi, Ahmed, Laurence, Gab, Hayman, Kate

“…Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, there was an urgent need to establish isolation spaces for people experiencing homelessness who were exposed to or had…”
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"If it wasn't for them, I don't think I would be here": experiences of the first year of a safer supply program during the dual public health emergencies of COVID-19 and the drug toxicity crisis by Kolla, Gillian, Pauly, Bernie, Cameron, Fred, Hobbs, Heather, Ranger, Corey, McCall, Jane, Majalahti, Jerry, Toombs, Kim, LeMaistre, Jack, Selfridge, Marion, Urbanoski, Karen

“…In response to the devastating drug toxicity crisis in Canada driven by an unregulated opioid supply predominantly composed of fentanyl and analogues, safer…”
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Service utilization patterns and characteristics among clients of integrated supervised consumption sites in Toronto, Canada by Nassau, Tanner, Kolla, Gillian, Mason, Kate, Hopkins, Shaun, Tookey, Paula, McLean, Elizabeth, Werb, Dan, Scheim, Ayden

“…Supervised consumption services (SCS), intended to reduce morbidity and mortality among people who inject drugs, have been implemented in a variety of delivery…”
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Disease-related stigma among people who inject drugs in Toronto amidst the COVID-19 pandemic by Bowles, Jeanette M., Kolla, Gillian, Smith, Laramie R., Scheim, Ayden, Dodd, Zoe, Werb, Dan

“…•Disease-related stigma has led to discriminatory acts against people who use drugs.•People who inject drugs [PWIDs] are especially prone to disease-related…”
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"Drugs don't have age limits": The challenge of setting age restrictions for supervised injection facilities by Watson, Tara Marie, Strike, Carol, Kolla, Gillian, Penn, Rebecca, Bayoumi, Ahmed M.

“…Aims: People under age 18 who inject drugs represent a population at risk of health and social harms. Age restrictions at harm reduction programmes often…”
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‘It's too much, I'm getting really tired of it’: Overdose response and structural vulnerabilities among harm reduction workers in community settings by Kolla, Gillian, Strike, Carol

“…In response to the devastating overdose epidemic across Canada, overdose education and naloxone distribution programs (OEND) targeted at people who use drugs…”
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Addressing the overdose crisis in North America with bold action by Kolla, Gillian, Touesnard, Natasha, Gomes, Tara

“…North America is facing a devastating public health crisis of unintentional drug poisoning overdose deaths driven by an unpredictable unregulated drug supply,…”
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Medicalization under prohibition: the tactics and limits of medicalization in the spaces where people use illicit drugs by Kolla, Gillian, Strike, Carol

“…The 'Satellite Sites' are a harm reduction intervention in which people who use illicit drugs are employed by a community health centre to run satellite harm…”
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Clinical outcomes and health care costs among people entering a safer opioid supply program in Ontario by Gomes, Tara, Kolla, Gillian, McCormack, Daniel, Sereda, Andrea, Kitchen, Sophie, Antoniou, Tony

“…London InterCommunity Health Centre (LIHC) launched a safer opioid supply (SOS) program in 2016, where clients are prescribed pharmaceutical opioids and…”
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W54 - Frequency of Fentanyl Injection is Associated With Hepatitis C Status: A Cross-Sectional Study by Bayoumi, Ahmed, Aldhaheri, Khuloud, Gillian, Kolla, Brian, Flores, Kathleen, Kenny

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Frequency of Fentanyl Injection is Associated With Hepatitis C Status: A Cross-Sectional Study by Bayoumi, Ahmed, Aldhaheri, Khuloud, Gillian, Kolla, Brian, Flores, Kathleen, Kenny

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Mapping a moral panic: News media narratives and medical expertise in public debates on safer supply, diversion, and youth drug use in Canada by Michaud, Liam, Kolla, Gillian, Rudzinski, Katherine, Guta, Adrian

“…The ongoing overdose and drug toxicity crisis in North America has contributed momentum to the emergence of safer supply prescribing and programs in Canada as…”
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Initiations of Safer Supply Hydromorphone Increased During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ontario: An Interrupted Time-Series Analysis by Young, Samantha, Gomes, Tara, Kolla, Gillian, McCormack, Daniel, Dodd, Zoë, Raboud, Janet, Bayoumi, Ahmed

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T58 - Initiations of Safer Supply Hydromorphone Increased During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ontario: An Interrupted Time-Series Analysis by Young, Samantha, Gomes, Tara, Kolla, Gillian, McCormack, Daniel, Dodd, Zoë, Raboud, Janet, Bayoumi, Ahmed

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Prescribed safer opioid supply: A scoping review of the evidence by Ledlie, Shaleesa, Garg, Ria, Cheng, Clare, Kolla, Gillian, Antoniou, Tony, Bouck, Zachary, Gomes, Tara

“…•Prescribed safer opioid supply programs continue to expand across Canada.•We conducted a scoping review of client outcomes and client/provider…”
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