2024
“They make it too hard and too many hoops to jump”: system and organizational barriers to drug treatment during epidemic rates of opioid overdose
Dickson-Gomez J, Krechel S, Ohlrich J, Montaque H, Weeks M, Li J, Havens J, Spector A. “They make it too hard and too many hoops to jump”: system and organizational barriers to drug treatment during epidemic rates of opioid overdose. Harm Reduction Journal 2024, 21: 52. PMID: 38413972, PMCID: PMC10900746, DOI: 10.1186/s12954-024-00964-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid use disorderDrug treatmentImprove treatment retentionTreat opioid use disorderAttended group treatmentOpioid overdoseMedically managed withdrawalHeightened risk of overdoseRates of opioid overdoseCourse of treatmentTreatment retentionGroup treatmentUse disorderRisk of overdoseTreatment participationAbstinence requirementRespiratory depressionManaged withdrawalOpioidInitiate MOUDMOUD initiationMOUD stigmaMOUD treatmentHeightened riskOpioid overdose crisis
2023
Social networks, secondary syringe exchange, and opioid agonist therapy retention among people who inject drugs in Hartford, CT
Zelenev A, Michael L, Li J, Altice F. Social networks, secondary syringe exchange, and opioid agonist therapy retention among people who inject drugs in Hartford, CT. International Journal Of Drug Policy 2023, 123: 104250. PMID: 38088004, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104250.Peer-Reviewed Original Research