The strips developed by the biotechnology company BTNX based in Toronto, Canada, are only sold to governments and harm reduction programs. CEO and founder Iqbal Sunderani said the state of California is his biggest customer. Read More California is Now Paying for People to Test Their Drugs for...
This study aimed to assess prevalence and reasons for using drugs alone among people accessing harm reduction services in BC.We recruited harm reduction supply distribution site clients from 22 communities across BC. Descriptive statistics and multivariable logistic regression were used to describe factors...
When evaluating the harm reduction potential of substituting prescription drugs with CaM, it is relevant to consider the subtype of cannabis used as a substitute. Emerging research shows that potential harms related to consumption of cannabis depend on the composition of active components (cannabinoids)...
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Among all participants, dose reduction intention was significantly associated with lower odds of overdose (OR = 0.41; 95% CI 0.18–0.89) and naloxone administration (OR = 0.38; 95% CI 0.15–0.96). Detailed statistics on the association of drug check results and overdose as well as ...
The problem is that negotiators tend to have fixed positions. No major developed countries have increased the ambition of their emissions reduction commitments so far in Warsaw, for instance.” Muscular soft power The Independent reports that both Western and non-Western powers are deploying troops ...
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I was structuring it from a harm-reduction perspective. One of the key tenets of the work that they’re doing is not getting people off drugs but keeping them as safe as possible under the circumstances; getting them equipment and services, for example. It’s not about having to quit if...
Harm Reduction Journal volume 17, Article number: 97 (2020) Cite this article 59k Accesses 7 Citations 55 Altmetric Metrics details Abstract Background Drug-related deaths in the UK are at the highest level on record—the war on drugs has failed. A short film has been produced intended for...
Increasing public support for supervised injection facilities in Ontario, Canada. Addiction. 2014;109(6):946–53. Article Google Scholar Marshall B, Milloy M, Wood E, Montaner J, Kerr T. Reduction in overdose mortality after the opening of North America’s first medically supervised safer ...