“A lotta people switched playing hard ball to playing Russian roulette”: Experiences with rising overdose incidence caused by drug supply changes during the COVID-19 pandemic in the San Diego-Tijuana border metroplex

“A lotta people switched playing hard ball to playing Russian roulette”: Experiences with rising overdose incidence caused by drug supply changes during the COVID-19 pandemic in the San Diego-Tijuana border metroplex

ABSTRACT: Background: People who use drugs (PWUD) in the San Diego, USA and Tijuana, Mexico metroplex face high overdose risk related to historic methamphetamine use and relatively recent fentanyl introduction into local drug supplies. The personal overdose experiences of PWUD in this region are un...

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Main Authors: C.J. Valasek, Samantha A. Streuli, Heather A. Pines, Steffanie A. Strathdee, Annick Borquez, Philippe Bourgois, Tara Stamos-Buesig, Carlos F. Vera, Alicia Harvey-Vera, Angela R. Bazzi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-06-01
Series:Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports
Subjects:
Drug overdose
Fentanyl
Naloxone
People who use drugs
COVID-19 Pandemic
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772724623000240

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