“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

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dc.contributor.authorKolla, Gillian
dc.contributor.authorPauly, Bernie
dc.contributor.authorCameron, Fred
dc.contributor.authorHobbs, Heather
dc.contributor.authorRanger, Corey
dc.contributor.authorMcCall, Jane
dc.contributor.authorMajalahti, Jerry
dc.contributor.authorToombs, Kim
dc.contributor.authorLeMaistre, Jack
dc.contributor.authorSelfridge, Marion
dc.contributor.authorUrbanoski, Karen
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-18T16:02:05Z
dc.date.available2025-03-18T16:02:05Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractIn response to the devastating drug toxicity crisis in Canada driven by an unregulated opioid supply predominantly composed of fentanyl and analogues, safer supply programs have been introduced. These programs provide people using street-acquired opioids with prescribed, pharmaceutical opioids. We use six core components of safer supply programs identified by people who use drugs to explore participant perspectives on the first year of operations of a safer supply program in Victoria, BC, during the dual public health emergencies of COVID-19 and the drug toxicity crisis to examine whether the program met drug-user defined elements of an effective safer supply model.
dc.description.sponsorshipHealth Canada’s Substance Use and Addiction Program provided funding for this research. Gillian Kolla was supported by a Banting postdoctoral fellowship from CIHR. Bernie Pauly was supported by an Island Health Research Scholar in Residence Award. Karen Urbanoski is funded through the Canada Research Chairs Program (CRC-2019–00212).
dc.identifier.citationKolla, G., Pauly, B., Cameron, F., Hobbs, H., Ranger, C., McCall, J., Majalahti, J., Toombs, K., LeMaistre, J., Selfridge, M., & Urbanoski, K. (2024). “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. Harm Reduction Journal, 21(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-024-01029-3
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-024-01029-3
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1828/21657
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherHarm Reduction Journal
dc.rightsCC BY 4.0
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectoverdose
dc.subjectfentanyl
dc.subjectopioids
dc.subjectprescribed safer supply
dc.subjectsafer supply programs
dc.subjectstimulants
dc.title“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
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