Unsafe Supply: Why Making Controlled Prescription Drugs Available for Unsupervised Use Will Not Target the Syndemic of HIV, Hepatitis C, Overdose, and COVID-19-- A Commentary on Bonn et al. (2020).

What it found

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Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

1. Opioid medication doses among safer supply clients: Current safer supply doses and previous OAT experience.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2025
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2. "Safe Supply" Initiatives: Are They a Recipe for Harm Through Reduced Health Care Input and Supply-Induced Toxicity and Overdose?Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2023
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3. Responding to the opioid crisis in North America and beyond: recommendations of the Stanford-Lancet Commission.Lancet (London, England) · 2022
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4. The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: A syndemic perspective.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2021
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5. A Descriptive Comparison of Substance Use Services in Recovery and Isolation Sites for People Experiencing Homelessness During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Boston and Toronto.Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974)
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Corrections and comments

• Commented on by
  "The Times They Are a-Changin'": Addressing Common Misconceptions About the Role of Safe Supply in North America's Overdose Crisis.2021
• Comment on
  Addressing the Syndemic of HIV, Hepatitis C, Overdose, and COVID-19 Among People Who Use Drugs: The Potential Roles for Decriminalization and Safe Supply.2020

Authors and funding

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