Kanada. How Halifax’s Safe Supply Hotels Brought Hope in the Early Pandemic Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, in April 2020, there was a confirmed case at a pop-up shelter in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The unhoused residents—initially around 35 people, in…

The Bronze Age of drug checking: barriers and facilitators to implementing advanced drug checking amidst police violence and COVID-19.  Carroll, J.J., Mackin, S., Schmidt, C. et al. Harm Reduct J 19, 9 (2022). doi.org…

Assessment of a Hotel-Based Protective Housing Program for Incidence of SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Management of Chronic Illness Among Persons Experiencing Homelessness.  Huggett TD, Tung EL, Cunningham M, Ghinai I, Duncan HL, McCauley ME, Detme…

Harm reduction must be recognised an essential public health intervention during crises.  Csák, R., Shirley-Beavan, S., McHenry, A.E. et al.  Harm Reduct J 18, 128 (2021). doi.org/10.1186/s12954-021-00573-6 https://harmreductionjournal…

Investigating Community Pharmacy Take Home Naloxone Dispensing during COVID-19: The Impact of One Public Health Crisis on Another.  Daskalakis G, Cid A, Grindrod K, Beazely MA.  Pharmacy (Basel). 2021 Jul 23;9(3):129. doi: 10.3390/pharma…

Kanada. Overdose Prevention During a Pandemic As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to present new challenges, historic, and systemic oppressors experienced by PWUD have only become more exacerbated. PWUD were already experiencing a lack of resources…