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Housing and overdose: an opportunity for the scale-up of overdose prevention interventions?
Bardwell, Geoff; Collins, Alexandra B; McNeil, Ryan; Boyd, Jade
2017-12-06
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In the province of British Columbia (BC) in Canada, people who use drugs and who are unstably housed are disproportionately affected by a rising overdose crisis, with close to 90% of overdose deaths occurring indoors. Despite this alarming number, overdose prevention and response interventions have yet to be widely implemented in a range of housing settings.