High uptake of naloxone-based overdose prevention training among previously incarcerated syringe-exchange program participants

Highlights • Forty-three percent of 543 respondents who reported injecting drugs in the prior 30 days also reported prior incarceration. • Those who experienced an overdose or witnessed an overdose were more likely to report incarceration. • Those who had been trained to administer naloxone were mor...

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Veröffentlicht in:Drug and alcohol dependence 2015-09, Vol.154, p.283-286
Hauptverfasser: Barocas, Joshua A, Baker, Lisa, Hull, Shawnika J, Stokes, Scott, Westergaard, Ryan P
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Zusammenfassung:Highlights • Forty-three percent of 543 respondents who reported injecting drugs in the prior 30 days also reported prior incarceration. • Those who experienced an overdose or witnessed an overdose were more likely to report incarceration. • Those who had been trained to administer naloxone were more likely to report overdose.
ISSN:0376-8716
1879-0046
DOI:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.06.023