Exploring the early impacts of drug decriminalization on harm reduction and opioid agonist treatment service operations and delivery in British Columbia: insights from key informant interviews.

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Title: Exploring the early impacts of drug decriminalization on harm reduction and opioid agonist treatment service operations and delivery in British Columbia: insights from key informant interviews.
Authors: Russell C; Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), 250 College St, Toronto, ON, M5T 1R8, Canada. Cayley.Russell@camh.ca.; Ontario Node, Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Matters (CRISM), Rm.906, 250 College St, Toronto, ON, M5T 1R8, Canada. Cayley.Russell@camh.ca., Torres-Salbach S; Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), 250 College St, Toronto, ON, M5T 1R8, Canada.; Ontario Node, Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Matters (CRISM), Rm.906, 250 College St, Toronto, ON, M5T 1R8, Canada., MacKinnon L; Department of Family Practice, University of British Columbia, 5950 University Blvd, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z3, Canada., Shahin R; Toronto Public Health, 55 John St, Toronto, ON, M5V 3C6, Canada., Griffith D; Kootenay Insurrection for Safe Supply, 40-622 Front St, Nelson, BC, V1L 4B7, Canada., Hodgson K; Department of Nurse Practitioners, Vancouver Coastal Health, 520 West 6th Ave, Vancouver, BC, Canada.; AVI Community Health Services, 713 Johnson St, Victoria, BC, V8W 1M8, Canada., Burmeister C; British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 4R4, Canada., Amoraal C; Canadian Society of Addiction Medicine, 53 Sunlake Rd. SE, Calgary, AB, T2X 3G8, Canada., Crichlow F; Canadian Association of People Who Use Drugs (CAPUD), 68 Highfield Park Dr Suite 102, Dartmouth, NS, B3A 1X4 11, Canada., Imtiaz S; Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), 250 College St, Toronto, ON, M5T 1R8, Canada.; Ontario Node, Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Matters (CRISM), Rm.906, 250 College St, Toronto, ON, M5T 1R8, Canada.; Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, ON, M5S 1A8, Canada., Rehm J; Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), 250 College St, Toronto, ON, M5T 1R8, Canada.; Ontario Node, Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Matters (CRISM), Rm.906, 250 College St, Toronto, ON, M5T 1R8, Canada.; Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, 480 University Ave, Suite 300, Toronto, ON, M5G 1V2, Canada.; Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, ON, M5S 1A8, Canada.; Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, ON, M5S 1A8, Canada.; Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), 1001 Queen St. West, Toronto, ON, M6J 1H4, Canada.; Center for Interdisciplinary Addiction Research (ZIS), Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Hamburg- Eppendorf (UKE), Martinistraße 52, Hamburg, 20246, Germany.; Program on Substance Abuse & WHO European Region Collaboration Centre, Public Health Institute of Catalonia, Aragó Street 330, Barcelona, Catalonia, 08009, Spain., Ali F; Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), 250 College St, Toronto, ON, M5T 1R8, Canada.; Ontario Node, Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Matters (CRISM), Rm.906, 250 College St, Toronto, ON, M5T 1R8, Canada.; Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, 480 University Ave, Suite 300, Toronto, ON, M5G 1V2, Canada.
Source: BMC public health [BMC Public Health] 2025 Dec 07; Vol. 26 (1), pp. 157. Date of Electronic Publication: 2025 Dec 07.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Journal Info: Publisher: BioMed Central Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 100968562 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1471-2458 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 14712458 NLM ISO Abbreviation: BMC Public Health Subsets: MEDLINE
Database: MEDLINE Ultimate
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ISSN:1471-2458
DOI:10.1186/s12889-025-25479-x