Stimulant safe supply: a potential opportunity to respond to the overdose epidemic
Abstract Background Occurring against the backdrop of an overdose crisis, stimulant use and stimulant-involved deaths in North America are increasing at an alarming rate. Many of these deaths are being attributed to fentanyl and related analogs, which have been increasingly found within street-level...
Main Authors: | Taylor Fleming, Allison Barker, Andrew Ivsins, Sheila Vakharia, Ryan McNeil |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-01-01
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Series: | Harm Reduction Journal |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-019-0351-1 |
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