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Use, awareness and uptake of take-home naloxone among a sample of people who regularly inject drugs and use opioids in South Australia

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Author: Antonia Karlsson, Amy Peacock and Rachel Sutherland

Resource Type: Drug Trends Bulletins

 

The Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS) is a national drug monitoring system intended to identify emerging trends of local and national concern in illicit drug markets, and form part of Drug Trends

The aims of this bulletin are to determine the extent to which a sample of people who regularly inject drugs who use opioids in Adelaide, SA (i) are aware of naloxone (2013-2021); (ii) are aware of take-home naloxone programs (2013-2021); (iii) have accessed naloxone (2020-2021); and (iv) have resuscitated peers or have been resuscitated by peers using naloxone (2020-2021).