Citation

Bardwell G, Collins AB, McNeil R, Boyd J. Harm Reduct. J. 2017; 14: 77.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group - BMC)

DOI

10.1186/s12954-017-0203-9

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

North America is currently experiencing an overdose epidemic due to a significant increase of fentanyl-adulterated opioids and related analogs. Multiple jurisdictions have declared a public health emergency given the increasing number of overdose deaths. In the province of British Columbia (BC) in Canada, people who use drugs and who are unstably housed are disproportionately affected by a rising overdose crisis, with close to 90% of overdose deaths occurring indoors. Despite this alarming number, overdose prevention and response interventions have yet to be widely implemented in a range of housing settings.

Language: en

Keywords

North America; Housing; Overdose crisis; Overdose prevention interventions; Supervised consumption sites