... Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Spice SCRAs Polysubstance Polydrug Harm reduction Homeless Vulnerable Stigma Public health Rural However, there are few individuals who exclusively use SCRAs, and polysubstance use is prevalent among SCRA-using populations (Higgins...

.... Concurrently, normative progress is observable on harm reduction, where the boundaries of acceptable multilateral discourse are gradually shifting. The formal establishment of an independent expert panel to inform the 2029 review represents a structural departure from previous review processes, creating new...

... Practitioner reflections: The authors have all taken part in the key debates discussed in the commentary. Findings Adopted resolutions laid bare deep political fault lines, particularly around harm reduction, human rights and references to sustainable development. The longstanding “Vienna Consensus” has...

... the importance of staff perspectives in shaping effective harm reduction policies. Identifying barriers and negative aspects of DCS can inform future service improvements. The effective integration of DCS within the community context provides multiple benefits, enhancing both public health outcomes...

... will pave the way forward for future research using drug checking. The approval of the licence allowed participants to provide samples of illicitly sourced microdosing substances for analysis. Drug checking legislation enabled drug use research involving PWM and facilitated the provision of harm reduction...

... technical and financial support, particularly through training and the transfer of harm reduction expertise. This collaboration contributed directly to the creation of university diplomas in addictology at Rabat and Casablanca. In 2006, Morocco convened, for the first time globally, an inter-ministerial...

... 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Alcohol Samoan men Harm reduction Problem drinking Culture Interventions According to New Zealand (NZ) Status data (2023), there were over 213,000 people in NZ identifying as Samoan, with about 30% of those having been...

... Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Harm reduction Coca Cocaine Controlled use Coca leaf Mambe In the early 1970s, it was my privilege to meet a group of late middle-aged cocaine users in Lima – I will refer to them hereafter in this paper as the “Lima veterans...

...Nancy D. Campbell Purpose This paper aims to document a novel course titled Harm Reduction Design Studio. The course introduced the harm reduction problem space to design students for designing objects, social worlds, infrastructures and ecologies that shape human and nonhuman social interactions...

... be contacted at: monica.barratt@rmit.edu.au 01 11 2023 14 02 2024 16 02 2024 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2024 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Drug checking Drug market Drug adulteration Drug purity Illicit drug trade Harm reduction Darknet market...

... Harm reduction Palliative care Access to controlled medicines Opioid agonist therapy Opioid control Schedules The 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs states in its preamble the need to ensure the “health and welfare of mankind”, by guaranteeing adequate provision of controlled...

... 19 10 2022 04 11 2022 04 11 2022 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2022 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Harm reduction New Psychoactive Substances Decriminalisation Drug policy Drug checking Drug monitoring Drug use, whether licit or illicit...

... clusters of PAS users among the EDM festival attendees in Ukraine. Originality/value This study will inform the development of harm reduction interventions tailored to various subgroups of recreational PAS users taking into account gender-specific patterns of use suggested by the authors’ cluster...

... that while tablet weight correlates perfectly with MDMA content on a yearly basis, wide variations in the MDMA mass fraction make such relations irrelevant for determining the MDMA content of individual tablets. Research limitations/implications These results provide new opportunities for harm reduction...

...Mauro Díaz Moreno; Nathalia Alarcón Ayala; Yarelix Estrada; Vannesa Morris; Julián Quintero Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present the results and context of the drug checking service (DCS) performed by the harm reduction project Échele Cabeza (EC) in Colombia. Design/methodology...

... Young people Polydrug use Brief interventions Outcomes Uptake Festivals UK Harm reduction Drug checking is a health service that uses rapid chemical analysis to inform health consultations, with the primary aim of reducing drug-related harm and the primary characteristic of direct...

... implications Our data suggest that DCS might not be easily accessible to all people who use drugs, reaching almost exclusively highly educated people that already apply several harm reduction strategies. Actions should be taken to promote service accessibility. Originality/value To the best of the authors...

..., alongside a critical analysis of the interlinked factors surrounding these important pieces of legislation. Findings The legalisation of drug checking is an important harm reduction development in the New Zealand context, although overregulation of licensing requirements should be avoided, as well...

... and programmes that are excluded from the definition of drug checking that still have value for harm reduction. Design/methodology/approach To inform the commentary, an informal review of pertinent publications on the topic was conducted to extract relevant definitions and terminology. Findings Drug...

... NBOMe Peer interventions Harm reduction 2C-X = 2C-series substances as well as the chemically related NBOMe series; 25C-NBOMe = 4-chloro-2,5-dimethoxy-N-(2-methoxybenzyl)phenethylamine; 4-FA = 4-fluroamphetamine; DCS = drug checking services; MDMA = 3,4-methyl...