2024
In Support of Overdose Prevention Centers: Position Statement of AMERSA, Inc (Association for Multidisciplinary Education and Research in Substance Use and Addiction)
Dunham K, Hill K, Kazal H, Butner J, Hull I, Sue K, Li L, Doneski K, Dinges B, Rife-Pennington T, Kung S, Thakarar K. In Support of Overdose Prevention Centers: Position Statement of AMERSA, Inc (Association for Multidisciplinary Education and Research in Substance Use and Addiction). Substance Use & Addiction Journal 2024, 45: 328-336. PMID: 38747578, DOI: 10.1177/29767342241252590.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPrevention CenterRates of fatal overdoseSubstance Use and AddictionDrop-in serviceEvidence-based strategiesHarm reduction strategiesMultidisciplinary Education and ResearchUnited StatesLifesaving servicesMedical careAdvocacy effortsIncrease accessPosition statementSocial servicesFatal overdoseEducation and ResearchDrug supplyTrained personnelPWUDPolicy changesFederal levelReduction strategiesInternational dataSterile suppliesServices
2022
Safety in solitude? Competing risks and drivers of solitary drug use among women who inject drugs and implications for overdose detection
Rosen J, Glick J, Zhang L, Cooper L, Olatunde P, Pelaez D, Rouhani S, Sue K, Park J. Safety in solitude? Competing risks and drivers of solitary drug use among women who inject drugs and implications for overdose detection. Addiction 2022, 118: 847-854. PMID: 36468191, PMCID: PMC10073256, DOI: 10.1111/add.16103.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsThreat of violenceCross-sectional qualitative studyDepth interviewsHarm reduction strategiesPublic spaceOverdose riskDrug useThematic analysisQualitative studyEmergent designSocial environmentRisk environmentNaloxone possessionBaltimore CityInterviewsWWIDReduction strategiesOpioid withdrawalViolenceFatal overdoseStreet intercept