Lessons from the First Wave of COVID-19 for Improved Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) Treatment: Benefits of Easier Access, Extended Take Homes, and New Delivery Modalities.  Walters SM, Perlman DC, Guarino H, Mateu-Gelabert P, Frank…

Factors associated with perceived decline in the quality of drugs during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from community-recruited cohorts of people who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada.  McAdam E, Hayashi K, Dong H, Cui Z, Sedgemore KO, Dietze P…

Kanada. Research probes effect of pandemic on treatment of people who use fentanyl How has the pandemic affected people who use the potentially deadly street drug fentanyl and those who treat them? A research project by University of Windsor socia…

What factors influence retention in buprenorphine and methadone treatment? Medication treatments for opioid use disorder are effective lifesaving therapies, and studies suggest that longer treatment durations result in better patient outcomes (e.g…

A novel home- and community-based mobile outreach detoxification service for individuals identifying problematic substance use: implementation and program evaluation.  Lodge A, Partyka C, Surbey K.  Can J Public Health. 2022 Apr 20:1–7…

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on illicit drug supply, drug-related behaviour of people who use drugs and provision of drug related services in Georgia: results of a mixed methods prospective cohort study.  Otiashvili D, Mgebrishvili T, B…