Distribution of take-home opioid antagonist kits during a synthetic opioid epidemic in British Columbia, Canada: a modelling study

Summary: Background: Illicit use of high-potency synthetic opioids has become a global issue over the past decade. This misuse is particularly pronounced in British Columbia, Canada, where a rapid increase in availability of fentanyl and other synthetic opioids in the local illicit drug supply duri...

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Main Authors: Michael A Irvine, PhD, Jane A Buxton, ProfMBBS, Michael Otterstatter, PhD, Robert Balshaw, PhD, Reka Gustafson, MD, Mark Tyndall, ProfMD, Perry Kendall, MD, Thomas Kerr, ProfPhD, Mark Gilbert, MD, Daniel Coombs, ProfPhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-05-01
Series:The Lancet Public Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468266718300446