Kanada. Alcohol harm reduction is saving lives during COVID-19 When Canada and many other countries starting locking down in March, people were advised to stay home and physically distance. But what does that look like when you don’t…

"I have to be around people that are doing what I'm doing": The importance of expanding the peer recovery coach role in treatment of opioid use disorder in the face of COVID-19 health disparities. Kleinman MB, Felton JW, Johnson A, Magidson JF. J…

Coordination, cooperation, and creativity within harm reduction networks in Iran: COVID-19 prevention and control among people who use drugs.  Alavi M, Moghanibashi-Mansourieh A, Radfar SR, Alizadeh S, Bahramabadian F, Esmizade S, Dore GJ, Sed…

Integrating harm reduction and clinical care: Lessons from Covid-19 respite and recuperation facilities.  Kimmel SD, Bazzi AR, Barocas JA.  J Subst Abuse Treat. 2020 Nov;118:108103. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2020.108103. Epub 2020 Aug 12. PMID…

Substance use and related harms in the context of COVID-19: Aa conceptual model.  Enns A, Pinto A, Venugopal J, Grywacheski V, Gheorghe M, Kakkar T, Farmanara N, Deb B, Noon A, Orpana H.  Health Promot Chronic Dis Prev Can. 2020 Sep 16;4…

USA. NY Harm Reductionists Face Pandemic Shortage of Syringes and Other Supplies The COVID-19 crisis has taken so much away from people who use drugs in New York. An historic number of lives have been lost to skyrocketing, preventable fatal overdos…