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ArticleHarm reduction journal2026

What we need, not what we're given: recommendations for action from young sex workers who use drugs.

Marie Schneider, Josephine Achieng, Rebeca Calzada Olvera, Young Sex Workers Who Use Drugs Group, Brett Koenig, Jenn McDermid

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Article in Harm reduction journal, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Marie SchneiderYouth RISE, Killarney, Ireland.
Josephine AchiengYouth RISE, Killarney, Ireland.
Rebeca Calzada OlveraYouth RISE, Killarney, Ireland.
Young Sex Workers Who Use Drugs Group
Brett KoenigSchool of Population and Public Health Graduate Program, University of British, Columbia, Canada.
Jenn McDermidInterdisciplinary Studies Graduate Program, University of British, Columbia, Canada. jennifer.mcdermid@ubc.ca.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Globally, young sex workers who use drugs (YSWUD) are at the intersection of laws and policies that criminalize and stigmatize both drug use and sex work which, when compounded by age, leads to increased state targeting and surveillance. Such punitive responses create significant barriers for YSWUD in accessing health, social, and harm reduction services, while also increasing exposure to structural and everyday violence (e.g., overdose risk, increased workplace violence, police targeting, etc.). In order to better highlight the global realities and priorities of YSWUD, this commentary brings together YSWUD from across the world to speak to their unique experiences and expertise with the aim of providing guidance around how service providers and policy makers can move beyond the logics of criminalization to best engage with YSWUD.

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Harm ReductionSex WorkersSubstance-Related DisordersAdolescentFemaleHumansMaleYoung Adult

Identifiers

PMID41526917
PMCPMC12797333

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