2023
In Support of Community Drug Checking Programs: Position Statement of AMERSA, Inc. (Association for Multidisciplinary Education and Research in Substance use and Addiction)
Hill K, Dunham K, Brokos Z, Butner J, Hull I, Sue K, Li L, Thakarar K. In Support of Community Drug Checking Programs: Position Statement of AMERSA, Inc. (Association for Multidisciplinary Education and Research in Substance use and Addiction). Substance Use & Addiction Journal 2023, 45: 4-9. PMID: 38258861, DOI: 10.1177/29767342231212787.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHarm reduction strategiesPosition statementSerious adverse eventsImportant harm reduction strategyPublic health practitionersAdverse eventsUnregulated drug supplyFatal overdosesHealthcare providersComposition of drugsHealth consequencesHealth practitionersDrugsDrug supplyInsufficient dataDrug checkingUnited StatesHousing-based syringe services programs to improve access to safer injecting equipment for people who inject drugs in Vancouver, Canada: a spatially oriented qualitative study
Chayama K, Ng C, Fleming T, Small W, Sue K, McNeil R. Housing-based syringe services programs to improve access to safer injecting equipment for people who inject drugs in Vancouver, Canada: a spatially oriented qualitative study. Harm Reduction Journal 2023, 20: 126. PMID: 37679789, PMCID: PMC10483728, DOI: 10.1186/s12954-023-00862-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSyringe services programSyringe distribution programsInjecting equipmentSingle room occupancy hotelsDrug-related risksDistribution programHarm reduction measuresHarm reduction supportsLow-threshold accessMethodsBetween JanuaryPWIDDrug useSyringe possessionPeer staffMost participantsIllicit drugsDrugsService programsSyringesSupportive housingParticipants
2022
The practice and embodiment of “goofballs”: A qualitative study exploring the co-injection of methamphetamines and opioids
Ivsins A, Fleming T, Barker A, Mansoor M, Thakarar K, Sue K, McNeil R. The practice and embodiment of “goofballs”: A qualitative study exploring the co-injection of methamphetamines and opioids. International Journal Of Drug Policy 2022, 107: 103791. PMID: 35830749, PMCID: PMC10894463, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103791.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDowntown Eastside neighbourhoodDrug use practicesQualitative studyLittle qualitative researchUse practicesRole of pleasureDepth interviewsQualitative datasetQualitative researchEmbodied experienceDistinct practicesPolysubstance useEffects of opioidsInterviewsPracticeEffects of methamphetamineExperienceSupply interventionsImportant gapOpioidsStimulant useDrugsInitiativesMethamphetamineVancouverA Plea From People Who Use Drugs to Clinicians: New Ways to Initiate Buprenorphine Are Urgently Needed in the Fentanyl Era
Sue KL, Cohen S, Tilley J, Yocheved A. A Plea From People Who Use Drugs to Clinicians: New Ways to Initiate Buprenorphine Are Urgently Needed in the Fentanyl Era. Journal Of Addiction Medicine 2022, 16: 389-391. PMID: 35020693, DOI: 10.1097/adm.0000000000000952.Commentaries, Editorials and Letters
2021
Supporting Any Positive Change: Harm Reduction as an Integral Pillar of Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
Sue K. Supporting Any Positive Change: Harm Reduction as an Integral Pillar of Opioid Use Disorder Treatment. 2021, 143-159. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-80818-1_10.ChaptersHarm reductionSubstance useOpioid use disorder treatmentUse disorder treatmentSubstance use disordersOverdose prevention sitesSafe techniqueUse disordersDisorder treatmentDrug consumption roomsPrevention sitesPossible harmCliniciansSafe useConsumption roomsDrugsTreatmentHarmSocial harmPositive changesPatientsHeroinAbstinence