ArticleSubstance use & misuse2011
The growing popularity of prescription opioid injection in downtown Montréal: new challenges for harm reduction.
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- Association between hepatitis C virus and opioid use while in buprenorphine treatment: preliminary findings.The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse · 2015Trial
- Health and social problems associated with prescription opioid misuse among a diverse sample of substance-using MSM.Substance use & misuse · 2014Trial
- Economic and epidemiological burden of medical complications of unregulated drug use among people who inject drugs in Québec.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2026Article
- Binge Drug Injection in a Cohort of People Who Inject Drugs in Montreal: Characterizing the Substances and Social Contexts Involved.International journal of mental health and addiction · 2025Article
- The hepatitis C epidemic in Canada: An overview of recent trends in surveillance, injection drug use, harm reduction and treatment.Canada communicable disease report = Releve des maladies transmissibles au Canada · 2021Article
- Incidence and Predictors of Gram-Negative Bacilli in Hospitalized People Who Inject Drugs with Injection Drug Use-Attributable Infections.Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy · 2021Article
- 'Resurgent', 'twin' or 'silent' epidemic? A select data overview and observations on increasing psycho-stimulant use and harms in North America.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2021Article
- Sex differences in the effects of physical and sexual abuse on the odds of past 30-day opioid misuse among Florida justice-involved children.Addiction research & theory · 2021Article
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- Risk factors of infective endocarditis in persons who inject drugs.Harm reduction journal · 2020Article
- Prescription opioid injection among young people who inject drugs in New York City: a mixed-methods description and associations with hepatitis C virus infection and overdose.Harm reduction journal · 2020Article
- Sharing of Injection Drug Preparation Equipment Is Associated With HIV Infection: A Cross-sectional Study.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2019Article
- Heating Injection Drug Preparation Equipment Used for Opioid Injection May Reduce HIV Transmission Associated With Sharing Equipment.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2019Article
- The risk of infective endocarditis among people who inject drugs: a retrospective, population-based time series analysis.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2019Article
- Young adults' opioid use trajectories: From nonmedical prescription opioid use to heroin, drug injection, drug treatment and overdose.Addictive behaviors · 2018Article
- The Effectiveness of Internet- and Field-Based Methods to Recruit Young Adults Who Use Prescription Opioids Nonmedically.Substance use & misuse · 2018Article
- Causes of Death After Nonfatal Opioid Overdose.JAMA psychiatry · 2018Article
- The opioid epidemic and injection drug use: MIPIE and health harms related to the injection of prescription opioids.The International journal on drug policy · 2018Article
- Multiple injections per injection episode: High-risk injection practice among people who injected pills during the 2015 HIV outbreak in Indiana.The International journal on drug policy · 2018Article
- Recovery of Infectious Hepatitis C Virus From Injection Paraphernalia: Implications for Prevention Programs Serving People Who Inject Drugs.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2018Article
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Abstract
Starting in 2007, a 2-year study based on ethnographic methodology was carried out downtown Montréal, Canada. A thematic analysis of observational and interview-based notes was conducted. Illicit prescription opioid (PO) use was widespread among street-based participants. Injection was the main mode of PO administration observed among users. Some injection practices such as "doing a wash" could pose new challenges in terms of prevention of infections. More research is needed to examine the role of illicit PO use in the development of opiate addiction and to better understand drug-using contexts that put PO users at risk of infections. The study's limitations are noted.
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