Our new study explores why so many people who use drugs who are evicted into homelessness stay that way.

Amidst shortages of affordable housing, people are left precarious and navigate what few options exist while trying to survive. A thread...

authors.elsevier.com/a/1guWj-CmUzer3 For this study, we interviewed people who use drugs evicted in Vancouver, Canada's Downtown Eastside. Most had been prejudicially and unlawfully evicted from privately-owned or non-profit housing. We've written about that elsewhere:

sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Thread:

How can we address the severe harms caused by an increasingly toxic drug supply?

Our new article examines what happens when you distribute safer, pharmaceutical opioids (#safesupply) to people at-risk of fentanyl-related overdose.

rb.gy/jf6d0b Before we get started, and I cannot believe this still needs to be said, fentanyl & fentanyl-adulterated drugs are driving overdose deaths in much of North America.

We need approaches responsive to the changing drug supply, and 'safe supply' programs represent a key innovation.

Thread:

Updated harm reduction advice for people who use drugs and alcohol for #COVID19 (novel #coronavirus) pandemic from @YaleADM, @YaleGHJP, and @CrackdownPod. Adapted w/ thanks from 3D Research document.

yale.app.box.com/v/COVID19HarmR…

(French and Spanish versions forthcoming)

/1 Symptoms of withdrawal and #COVID19 are similar - like fever and muscle soreness.

If you have a persistent cough, it could be #COVID19.

/2