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Commentary
North America is currently in the grips of a crisis rooted in the use of licit and illicit opioid-based analgesics. Drug overdose is the leading cause of accidental death in Canada and the US, and the growing ...
Harm Reduction Journal 2017 14:58
Published on: 18 August 2017
Research
People who inject drugs (PWID) frequently engage in injection risk behaviours exposing them to blood-borne infections. Understanding the underlying causes that drive various types and levels of risk behaviours...
Harm Reduction Journal 2017 14:57
Published on: 16 August 2017
Editorial
Harm Reduction Journal 2017 14:55
Published on: 16 August 2017
Case study
Patients with substance use disorders grow older thanks to effective treatments. Together with a high prevalence of comorbidities, psychological problems, and low social support, these patients are at high ris...
Harm Reduction Journal 2017 14:56
Published on: 16 August 2017
Brief report
Studies on contraceptive use by patients with substance use disorders (SUD) show a concerning low use of contraception. Mainly conducted in USA, they could be irrelevant to patients attending European SUD trea...
Harm Reduction Journal 2017 14:54
Published on: 4 August 2017
Research
Youth substance use programming and educational strategies are frequently informed by prevention approaches that emphasize abstinence goals, which often do not resonate with youth in their lack of acknowledgme...
Harm Reduction Journal 2017 14:53
Published on: 31 July 2017
Review
Given the current opioid crisis around the world, harm reduction agencies are seeking to help people who use drugs to do so more safely. Many harm reduction agencies are exploring techniques to test illicit dr...
Harm Reduction Journal 2017 14:52
Published on: 31 July 2017
Research
In Canada, funding, administration, and delivery of health services—including those targeting people who use drugs—are primarily the responsibility of the provinces and territories. Access to harm reduction se...
Harm Reduction Journal 2017 14:50
Published on: 26 July 2017
Commentary
The history of harm reduction in the USA has led to the development of some of the most important methods for treating persons for drug use disorders, such as methadone and buprenorphine for opiate use disorde...
Harm Reduction Journal 2017 14:51
Published on: 26 July 2017
Short report
Gambling has quickly emerged as an important global public health issue. With new technologies used to develop high intensity gambling products and promotions aimed at driving consumption, public health organi...
Harm Reduction Journal 2017 14:49
Published on: 25 July 2017
Research
There is good evidence to suggest that performance and image enhancing drug (PIED) use is increasing in Australia and that there is an increase in those using PIEDs who have never used another illicit substanc...
Harm Reduction Journal 2017 14:48
Published on: 21 July 2017
Review
The Golden Crescent region of South Asia—comprising Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan—is a principal global site for opium production and distribution. Over the past few decades, war, terrorism, and a shifting p...
Harm Reduction Journal 2017 14:47
Published on: 21 July 2017
Research
Supervised injection services (SIS) have been shown to reduce the public- and individual-level harms associated with injection drug use. While SIS feasibility research has been conducted in large urban centres...
Harm Reduction Journal 2017 14:46
Published on: 14 July 2017
Research
In 2015, the Australian government launched the media campaign Ice Destroys Lives targeting crystal methamphetamine use. Previous research indicates mass media campaigns may have harmful effects for people engage...
Harm Reduction Journal 2017 14:45
Published on: 14 July 2017
Review
New, more effective and better-tolerated therapies for hepatitis C (HCV) have made the elimination of HCV a feasible objective. However, for this to be achieved, it is necessary to have a detailed understandin...
Harm Reduction Journal 2017 14:44
Published on: 11 July 2017
Research
Kyrgyzstan, where HIV is concentrated in prisons and driven by injection drug use, provides a prison-based methadone maintenance therapy program as well as abstinence-oriented therapeutic community based on th...
Harm Reduction Journal 2017 14:43
Published on: 10 July 2017
Research
Personal networks are significant social spaces to spread of HIV or other blood-borne infections among hard-to-reach population, viz., injecting drug users, female sex workers, etc. Sharing of infected needles...
Harm Reduction Journal 2017 14:41
Published on: 3 July 2017
Erratum
Harm Reduction Journal 2017 14:42
Published on: 3 July 2017
The original article was published in Harm Reduction Journal 2017 14:16
Research
Women who inject drugs (WWID) are at heightened risk for HIV due to biological, behavioral, and structural factors. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) could aid in HIV prevention for WWID. However, little is know...
Harm Reduction Journal 2017 14:40
Published on: 29 June 2017
Research
Harm reduction interventions in Cambodia face numerous obstacles because of conflicting understanding and interests and inconsistencies in the implementation by law enforcement officials. This study aims to ex...
Harm Reduction Journal 2017 14:39
Published on: 19 June 2017
Research
WHO, UNODC, and UNAIDS recommend a comprehensive package for prevention, treatment, and care of HIV among people who inject drugs (PWID). We describe the uptake of services and the cost of implementing a compr...
Harm Reduction Journal 2017 14:38
Published on: 14 June 2017
Opinion
Harm reduction policies and attitudes in the United States have advanced substantially in recent years but still lag behind more advanced jurisdictions in Europe and elsewhere. The Obama administration, partic...
Harm Reduction Journal 2017 14:37
Published on: 12 June 2017
Erratum
Harm Reduction Journal 2017 14:36
Published on: 9 June 2017
The original article was published in Harm Reduction Journal 2017 14:27
Research
Stigma, criminalisation and a lack of data on drug use contribute to the “invisibility” of people who inject drugs (PWID) and make HIV prevention and treatment service delivery challenging. We aimed to confirm...
Harm Reduction Journal 2017 14:35
Published on: 7 June 2017
Research
Take home naloxone (THN) programs reduce mortality by training bystanders to respond to opioid overdoses. Clinical observation by the health care team at the Inner City Youth (ICY) program indicated that young...
Harm Reduction Journal 2017 14:34
Published on: 7 June 2017
