Innovative approaches to tackling the drug overdoses

Knowledge market 1 (K1)
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Thursday, 24 November, 2022 - 16:50 to 18:20
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About

This session looks at innovative approaches to tackling drug overdoses including via use of drug consumption rooms, decriminalization, methadone dispensing and joint housing and harm reduction services.

Chair

Stevens
Alex
  • Professor In Criminal Justice,
  • University Of Kent,
  • Kent,
  • United Kingdom

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Presentations

Thursday, 24 November

16:50
Oral presentation

First low-threshold gender responsive residential resource for homeless people using drugs in Barcelona: descriptive evaluation of the first 6 months of activity.

16:50 to 18:20
Knowledge market 1 (K1)
Gabriela Barbaglia
Oral presentation

Long term public health benefits and cost-effectiveness of two experimental drug consumption rooms in France

16:50 to 18:20
Knowledge market 1 (K1)
Perrine Roux
Oral presentation

The change in methadone dispensing requirements in England during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with an increase in deaths from non-prescribed methadone

16:50 to 18:20
Knowledge market 1 (K1)
Caroline Copeland
Oral presentation

The limitations of decriminalization at overdose events and lessons from an evaluation in British Columbia, Canada

16:50 to 18:20
Knowledge market 1 (K1)
Alissa Greer
Oral presentation

The United Kingdom’s first unsanctioned safe injecting facility; a proof-of-concept evaluation

16:50 to 18:20
Knowledge market 1 (K1)
Gillian Shorter
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