Xylazine awareness, desire, use and exposure: Preliminary findings from the Rhode Island community-based drug checking cohort study
Park J, Serafinski R, Ujeneza M, McKenzie M, Tardif J, Krotulski A, Badea A, Grossman E, Green T. Xylazine awareness, desire, use and exposure: Preliminary findings from the Rhode Island community-based drug checking cohort study. Drug And Alcohol Dependence Reports 2024, 11: 100247. PMID: 38974777, PMCID: PMC11225690, DOI: 10.1016/j.dadr.2024.100247.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDrug checking servicesCohort studyAt-risk individualsHarm reduction organizationsIncrease community knowledgeHarm reductionRapid careXylazine exposureReduction educationDecrease harmPWUDCommunity knowledgeParticipantsCareChecking servicesReceptor agonistsAnalyzed dataHarmRhode IslandLiquid chromatography quadrupole-time-of-flight mass spectrometryQuadrupole-time-of-flight mass spectrometryMass spectrometryPreliminary findings