Gender and the overdose crisis in North America: Moving past gender-neutral approaches in the public health response

North America's overdose epidemic is increasingly driven by fentanyl and fentanyl‐adulterated drugs. Supervised consumption sites, including low‐threshold models (termed overdose prevention sites; OPS), are now being debated in the United States and implemented in Canada. Despite evidence that...

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Published in:The International journal of drug policy 2019-07, Vol.69, p.43-45
Main Authors: Collins, Alexandra B., Bardwell, Geoff, McNeil, Ryan, Boyd, Jade
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Consumption
Drug overdose
Drug Overdose - epidemiology
Drug Overdose - prevention & control
Drug Overdose - psychology
Drug policy
Drug Users - psychology
Drugs
Epidemics
Gender
Gender Identity
Harm Reduction
Humans
Intersectionality
North America
Overdose
Prevention
Public Health
Violence
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Summary:North America's overdose epidemic is increasingly driven by fentanyl and fentanyl‐adulterated drugs. Supervised consumption sites, including low‐threshold models (termed overdose prevention sites; OPS), are now being debated in the United States and implemented in Canada. Despite evidence that gendered and racialized violence shape access to harm reduction among women who use drugs (WWUD), this has not been examined in relation to OPS and amid the overdose epidemic. This study explores how overlapping epidemics of overdose and gendered and racialized violence in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, one of North America's overdose epicenters, impacts how marginalized WWUD experience OPS.
ISSN:0955-3959
1873-4758
DOI:10.1016/j.drugpo.2019.05.002