“Characteristics of supervised injection site clients and factors associated with requiring overdose intervention, Montreal, Canada, 2018–2022” by Camille Zolopa, @tdbrothers, et al (2025) via @ijdrugpolicy…what are traits important for SCS? Link:

“Basically every safety protocol we have in place to protect against overdose, parents can't access”: Mothers who use unregulated drugs’ experiences of dual public health emergencies by Dr. Jade Boyd (2025) via @ijdrugpolicy…mothers use drugs too! Link:

“Characteristics of supervised injection site clients and factors associated with requiring overdose intervention, Montreal, Canada, 2018–2022” by Camille Zolopa, @tdbrothers, et al (2025) via @ijdrugpolicy…great read out of Montreal, Canada! Link:

Happy Holidays from our @ijdrugpolicy family to yours! Stay safe and enjoy your time off!

“Motivations for and perspectives of medication diversion among clients of a safer opioid supply program in Toronto, Canada” by @lucasmartignett and colleagues (2025) via @ijdrugpolicy…have your thoughts on lifesaving diversion changed? Link:

“How does climate change impact people who use alcohol and other drugs? A scoping review of peer reviewed literature” by Sarah MacLean and colleagues (2024) via @ijdrugpolicy…how harmful is the war on drugs on climate change? Link: #ClimateChange #Drug

“Suboptimal uptake and placement of a mandatory alcohol pregnancy warning label in Australia” by Tazmin Davies et al (2024) via @ijdrugpolicy…what kind of warnings around alcohol consumption for pregnant women do you have in your region? Link: #Policy

“A place-based spatial analysis of racial inequities in overdose in St. Louis County Missouri, United States” by Phillip L Marotta et al (2024) via @ijdrugpolicy…what’s the racial disparity in overdoses in your region? Link: #Racial #Overdoses

“Tackling the overdose crisis through unionization a response to Rivera & Friedman (2024)” by Abdullah Shihipar & Brandon D.L. Marshall via @ijdrugpolicy…how does your region tackle the overdose crisis? Link: #Overdose #Crisis

Follow us over on @bluesky as we will be posting academic articles on there as well as X!

“No penalties. No arrests. No jails”: Perspectives on drug decriminalization among people who inject drugs in Sydney” by George Christoper Dertadian & Vicki Sentas (2025) via @ijdrugpolicy…what are your perspectives on decriminalization? Link: #Policy

“Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the availability and retail price of unregulated drugs in Vancouver, Canada: An interrupted time-series analysis, 2018-2022” by Anmol Swaich et al (2924) via @ijdrugpolicy…how much are drugs in your region? Link:

“Bridging the gap: An environmental scan of post-overdose program features and evaluation measures” by Mikayla Ferg et al (2024) via @ijdrugpolicy…does your emergency department have post-overdose program? Link: #Overdose #Drug #Policy

“Substance use as a public health issue: A critical review of the Canadian literature, 1896–2020” by JF Crepault, B Emerson, @ehyshka, C Strike, R Room, & J Rehm (2024) via @ijdrugpolicy…a critical review of over 100 years of Canadian literature! Link:

“They talk about it like it's an overdose crisis when in fact it's basically genocide”: The experiences of Indigenous peoples who use illicit drugs in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside neighbourhood by Jennifer Lavalley et al (2024) via @ijdrugpolicy. Link:

“Co-designing the INHSU Prisons Hepatitis C Advocacy Toolkit using the Advocacy Strategy Framework✰” by SJ Walker et al (2024) via @ijdrugpolicy…have you ever considered using the @INHepSU Prisons advocacy toolkit? Link: #PrisonPolicy

“Looking beyond drugs: A scoping review of recovery in the context of illicit substance use among adolescents and young adults” by Cameron R Eekhoudt et al (2024) via @ijdrugpolicy…how does one find recovery in this drug supply? Link: #DrugPolicy

“Repurposing prescribed hydromorphone: Alternative uses of safer supply and tablet-injectable opioid agonist treatment to meet unaddressed health needs” by @ivsins et al (2024) via @ijdrugpolicy…check out another way to use hydromorohone! Link:

“Safer supply and political interference in medical practice: Alberta's Narcotics Transition Services” by @Patty__Wilson, Kate Colizza, & @ehyshka (2024) via @ijdrugpolicy…why do politics interfere with lifesaving medical practices? Link: #SafeSupply

“A call for compassionate opioid overdose response” by Erin Russell et al (2024) via @ijdrugpolicy…is your response to an overdose defined as compassionate by people who use drugs? Have you asked? Must read essay! Link: