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A telemedicine bridge clinic improves access and reduces cost for opioid use disorder care.  Lynch MJ, Vargas D, Winger ME, Kanter J, Meyers J, Schuster J, Yealy DM.  Drug Alcohol Depend Rep. 2024 Mar 12;11:100227. doi: 10.1016/j.dadr....

Providing medication for opioid use disorder and HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis at syringe services programs via telemedicine: a pilot study.  McKellar MS, Des Marais AC, Chen H, Choi Y, Lilly R, Ayers D, Bennett J, Kestner L, Perry B, Poley S...

Initiation of opioid agonist therapy after hospital visits for opioid poisonings in Ontario.  Hu T, McCormack D, Juurlink DN, Campbell TJ, Bayoumi AM, Leece P, Kent JT, Gomes T.  CMAJ. 2023 Dec 17;195(49):E1709-E1717. doi: 10.1503/cmaj...

Can telehealth expansion boost health care utilization specifically for patients with substance use disorders relative to patients with other types of chronic disease?  Tilhou AS, Dague L, Chachlani P, Burns M (2024)  PLoS ONE 19(4): e...

Kanada. In Canada, The Fight for Compassion Clubs Rages On in Court An upcoming ruling from Canada’s Federal Court could have a radical impact on the country’s drug laws. In 2021, Drug User Liberation Front (DULF) and Vancouver Area Network of D...