“I’m not going to lay back and watch somebody die”: a qualitative study of how people who use drugs’ naloxone experiences are shaped by rural risk environment and overdose education/naloxone distribution intervention

Abstract Background Overdoses have surged in rural areas in the U.S. and globally for years, but harm reduction interventions have lagged. Overdose education and naloxone distribution (OEND) programs reduce overdose mortality, but little is known about people who use drugs’ (PWUD) experience with th...

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Main Authors: Zora Kesich, Umedjon Ibragimov, Kelli Komro, Kenneth Lane, Melvin Livingston, April Young, Hannah L. F. Cooper
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-11-01
Series:Harm Reduction Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-023-00900-z