The role of drug treatment and recovery services: an opportunity to address injection initiation assistance in Tijuana, Mexico

The role of drug treatment and recovery services: an opportunity to address injection initiation assistance in Tijuana, Mexico

Abstract Background In the U.S. and Canada, people who inject drugs’ (PWID) enrollment in medication-assisted treatment (MAT) has been associated with a reduced likelihood that they will assist others in injection initiation events. We aimed to qualitatively explore PWID’s experiences with MAT and o...

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Main Authors: Stephanie A. Meyers, Claudia Rafful, Sonia Jain, Xiaoying Sun, Britt Skaathun, Andrew Guise, Patricia Gonzalez-Zuñiga, Steffanie A. Strathdee, Dan Werb, Maria Luisa Mittal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-10-01
Series:Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
Subjects:
Medication assisted treatment
Methadone
Residential drug treatment
Injection drug use
Harm reduction
Tijuana, Mexico
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13011-020-00322-1

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