Alcohol

• Illicit Alcohol in BC - Full Report  Jul 2013
  
• Illicit Alcohol in BC - Executive Summary Jul 2013
  

Contaminated cocaine

• Genetic determinants of cocaine-associated agranulocytosis (BMC research notes, 2015)
  
• Levamisole tainted cocaine causing severe neutropenia in Alberta and British Columbia (case report, Harm Reduction Journal, 2009)
  

Drug alerts

• Recommendation for Communicating Drug Alerts Nov 2016
  
• Perceptions of Adulteration and Quality Assurance Practices Reported by People who Use Drugs: A Review of the Literature Aug 2015
  

• Drug quality assessment practices and communication of drug alerts among people who use drugs: The International Journal of Drug Policy Jul 2015

Drug use

• Visit the Harm Reduction & Substance Use Reports page for more information on the annual Harm Reduction Client Survey
  
• Reorienting risk to resilience: street-involved youth perspectives on preventing the transition toinjection drug use: BMC Public Health Aug 2015 
  
• Reorienting risk to resilience: street-involved youth perspectives on preventing the transition toinjection drug use: BMC Public Health Aug 2015
  
• A drug use survey among clients of harm reduction sites across British Columbia, Canada 2012.  Harm Reduction Journal 2014, 11:13 Apr 2014
  
•  A cross-sectional study of public attitudes towards safer drug use practices in British Columbia, Canada: SATPP Dec 2013

Fentanyl

• Known fentanyl use among clients of harm reduction sites in British Columbia, Canada: International Journal of Drug Policy Mar 2020
  

• Research summary infographic
  

• Why the FUSS (Fentanyl Urine Screen Study)? A cross-sectional survey to characterize an emerging threat to people who use drugs in British Columbia, Canada: Harm Reduction Journal  Nov 2015
  
• Fentanyl Urine Screen Study (FUSS) Community Report  (summary) Jul 2015
  

Harm reduction

• Convenience and comfort: reasons reported for using drugs alone among clients of harm reduction sites in British Columbia, Canada Dec 2020
  
• Harm Reduction Client Survey: Analysis of Supervised Injection Site Acceptability Aug 2016 [pdf, 342KB]
  
• The BC-Yukon Association of Drug War Survivors Provincial Priorities May 2011
  
• Decreasing HIV infections in people who use drugs by injection in BC  Mar 2011
  
• Building and enhancing capacity for HCV prevention; BC case scenario  Nov 2010
  
• Harm reduction in BC: BC Medical Journal  May 2009
  
• Gaining INSITE: Harm reduction in nursing practice Apr 2009  
  
• More than just needles: An evidence-informed approach to enhancing harm reduction supply distribution in BC:  Harm Reduction Journal Dec 2008
  
• Harm reduction product distribution in BC: CJPH  Nov 2008
  
• Best practices for BC's harm reduction supply distribution program  Sept 2008
  
• Evidence for harm reduction activities in controlling communicable diseases Apr 2007

HCV co-infection

• HCV co-infection in HIV positive population in British Columbia, Canada: BMC Public Health  Apr 2010

Methadone

• Patient perspectives of methadone formulation change in British Columbia, Canada: outcomes of a provincial survey: BioMed Central Jan 2016
  
• Perspectives On Methadone Formulation Change Jul 2015 (summary) 
  

Naloxone

• Accessing Take-Home Naloxone in British Columbia and the role of community pharmacies: results from the analysis of administrative data Sept 2020 
  
• Correlates of take-home naloxone kit possession among people who use drugs in British Columbia: A cross-sectional analysis: Drug and Alcohol Dependence Dec. 2019
  
• Research summary infographic
• Lessons learned from ramping up a Canadian Take Home Naloxone programme during a public health emergency: a mixed-methods study: BMJ Open Oct 2019
• Distribution of take-home opioid antagonist kits during a synthetic opioid epidemic in British Columbia, Canada: a modelling study: The Lancet Public Health Apr 2018
  
• BC Take Home Naloxone (THN) Evaluation Report - to December 2018 (colour report) (greyscale)
  
• BC Take Home Naloxone (THN) Program Evaluation in Pilot BC Corrections Facilities Oct 2016
  
• Implementation of a naloxone distribution program in an inpatient addiction service: A case study 2016
  
• BC Take Home Naloxone (THN) Evaluation Report - to July 2016 
  
• Qualitative assessment of take-home-naloxone program participant and law enforcement interactions in British Columbia: Harm Reduction Journal May 2016
  
• BC Take Home Naloxone (THN) Evaluation Report - to March 2015 
  
• Summary Sheet 
  
• A quantitative and qualitative evaluation of the British Columbia Take Home Naloxone program Jul 2014
  

Overdose

• Correlates of seeking emergency medical help in the event of an overdose in British Columbia, Canada: Findings from the Take Home Naloxone program: International Journal of Drug Policy Sept 2019
• Modelling the combined impact of interventions in averting deaths during a synthetic‐opioid overdose epidemic: Addiction Jun 2019
• Acceptability of technological solutions for overdose monitoring: Perspectives of people who use drugs: Substance Abuse Oct 2019
• services during an overdose in British Columbia (summary) Jul 2016
  
• Overdose deaths and income assistance (summary) Jul 2016
• Illicit drug overdose deaths resulting from income assistance payments: Analysis of the ‘check effect’ using daily mortality data. IJDP E-pub Jun 2016
• Predictors of seeking emergency medical help during overdose events in a provincial naloxone distribution program: a retrospective analysis. BMJ open Jun 2016
• Deaths from exposure to paramethoxymethamphetamine in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada: a case series: CMAJ OPEN Jul 2015
  
• Two studies evaluate barriers to contacting emergency
  

Peer engagement

• Peer Engagement in Harm Reduction: Development, implementation, & evaluation of the Peer Engagement Best Practice Guidelines for BC Health Authorities Reduction Jun 2017
  
• Knowledge translation of stigma and trust findings from an evaluation of harm reduction services in British Columbia, Canada Poster Dec 2016
  
• Peer engagement in harm reduction strategies and services (summary) Jul 2016
• Participant, Peer and Peep: Engaging People Who Have Used Illicit Drugs in Qualitative Research Poster Jun 2016
• Paying people with lived experiences in community based work: Challenges and opportunities for inclusion and equity Poster Jun 2016 
• PEEPing into the lives of people who use drugs and understanding how their experiences are shaped by provider attitudes CPHA Conference Jun 2016
• Peer engagement in harm reduction strategies and services: a critical case study and evaluation framework from British Columbia, Canada: BMC Public Health May 2016
  
• Engaging people who use drugs in policy and program development: A review of the literature 2012