The Center for Drug Use and HIV Research (CDUHR)

Screenshot of the article title and authors for new article in the International Journal of Drug Policy on transitions from injecting to smoking drugs. Full citation: Bonn, M., Kerr, T., Boyd, J., Rudzinski, K., McNeil, R., & Ivsins, A. (2025). A qualitative study exploring motives for the transition from injecting to smoking drugs in Vancouver, British Columbia. International Journal of Drug Policy, 145, 104982.

Our new article in @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social explores how transitions from injecting to smoking drugs are shaped by drug supply volatility, injection-related challenges, and the need for greater control and discretion in relation to drug use.

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Image of first page from the journal article mentioned and linked in post, Facebook as a Strategy To Deliver a Peer Navigation Intervention for Recently Incarcerated Women with Opioid Use Disorder: A Mixed Methods Descriptive Profile.

Check out the latest study from CDUHR investigator Martha Tillson - Facebook as a Strategy To Deliver a Peer Navigation Intervention for Recently Incarcerated Women with Opioid Use Disorder: A Mixed Methods Descriptive Profile
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Hey Juice Boxes, it's National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day!

Let’s toast to better healthcare access for the Latinx community! 🍉 Drop a watermelon and share: What can we do to increase awareness and access to care for Latinx communities?

#BeAJuiceBox #NLAAD

Thanks all who joined us for addiction medicine grand rounds, this afternoon, with Dr. Cara Borelli! See you later this month, on 10/28, when we'll welcome Dr. Andrea Jakubowski to present on low threshold buprenorphine.

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Adults 65 Years and Older Not Immune to the Opioid Epidemic, New Study Finds Overdose deaths in adults age 65 and older from fentanyl mixed with stimulants, such as cocaine and methamphetamines, have surged 9,000% in the past eight years, matching rates found among younger adu...

Adults 65 Years and Older Not Immune to the Opioid Epidemic, New Study Finds
“Our analysis shows that older adults are also impacted by fentanyl-related deaths and that stimulant involvement has become much more common in this group."
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Why Fiji has the world's fastest growing HIV epidemic - ABC listen Fiji HIV

Why Fiji has the world's fastest growing HIV epidemic
"In just ten years, the number of people living with HIV has surged eleven fold, from fewer than 500 in 2014 to nearly 6,000 in 2024."
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

When women researchers publish, media attention doesn’t always follow Men-led papers receive more media coverage than women’s, new study finds

When women researchers publish, media attention doesn’t always follow
“If coverage systematically tilts toward some groups over others, that doesn’t just affect individual careers—it can reinforce stereotypes about who ‘looks like’ a scientist.”
www.science.org/content/arti...

Journals and publishers crack down on research from open health data sets PLOS, Frontiers, and others announce policies trying to stem the tide of suspect research

Journals and publishers crack down on research from open health data sets
"editors at PLOS journals will automatically reject papers based on these data sets unless the researchers have done extra legwork, such as experiments, to show their findings are robust."
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Image of first page from the the journal article mentioned and linked in post, Dialectical Processes of Health Framework as an Alternative to Social Determinants of Health Framework.

Check out the latest from CDUHR's Sam Friedman, Suzan Walters, Ashly Jordan, David Perlman, and Pedro Mateu-Gelabert - Dialectical Processes of Health Framework as an Alternative to Social Determinants of Health Framework
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Heat exposure and drug overdose mortality in the USA Background and aims Understanding the relationship between heat and drug overdose mortality is critical given the ongoing overdose crisis and rising global temperatures driven by climate change. Evi...

Our new paper on extreme heat and overdose across the United States. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Russia spiralling into an HIV crisis Recent reports on HIV in Russia suggest the country's response to the epidemic continues to spiral to new depths. Reduced state funding, prohibitions on external funding, and crackdowns on the activit...

Russia HIV crisis is spiraling due to "reduced state funding, prohibitions on external funding, and crackdowns on the activities of civil society organizations." www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Watching what is happening with HIV in Russia makes me especially worried about the U.S. approach

Structural and Scientific Racism, Science, and Health — Evidence versus Ideology | NEJM The U.S. government has terminated grants funding work it considers to address “DEI,” conflating health equity research with efforts to change the composition and climate of the scientific workforce.

Structural and Scientific Racism, Science, and Health — Evidence versus Ideology
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Image of first page from the journal article mentioned and linked in post, “An HIV Free Generation”: A Qualitative Inquiry Into Mapping Intersectional Discourses of Preexposure Prophylaxis for Women Among Female Nurses in Rural South Africa.

Check out the latest study from CDUHR investigator Ijeoma Opara - “An HIV Free Generation”: A Qualitative Inquiry Into Mapping Intersectional Discourses of Preexposure Prophylaxis for Women Among Female Nurses in Rural South Africa
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Feasibility and Acceptability of Restroom Motion Sensors for Detecting Overdoses - Ju Nyeong Park, Haley McKee, Susan E. Ramsey, Josiah D. Rich, Traci C. Green, Hannah E. Frank, Avik Chatterjee, Josep... Background: Most US drug use events that lead to a fatal overdose are unwitnessed. Given the scale of the overdose crisis, interventions to help detect and resp...

Feasibility and Acceptability of Restroom Motion Sensors for Detecting Overdoses
"staff and clients were enthusiastic about ODTs, however they perceived that the likelihood of organizational adoption would differ depending on the context."
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📢New Research
Paul Kelaita, @keelinoreilly.bsky.social & @alisonritter.bsky.social in their recent paper find that the use of public opinion data that are not differentiated by geography may suggest homogenous levels of policy support and engagement despite much heterogeneity
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Older adults with HIV may be facing unequal burden in the opioid crisis Older adults with HIV are prescribed opioids at a higher rate and are more likely to have indicators of opioid use disorder than those without HIV, according to Rutgers Health researchers.

Older adults with HIV are prescribed opioids at higher rates and show more indicators of opioid use disorder than those without HIV, highlighting a significant health disparity in this population. doi.org/g95njk

New "Fentanyl Poisonings" Act Would Target Social Media Sales, Again - Filter In late September, Representatives Adam Gray (D-CA) and Gabe Evans (R-CO) introduced the “Combatting Fentanyl Poisonings Act of 2025.” It’s ...

“'Poisoning' lets bereaved parents tell the world that their child wasn’t a drug user—they were a good person. But it belies the fact that fentanyl users not only deserve to live, they didn’t have the information they needed either."

Goals for Opioid Use Disorder Medications — Protection, Remission, and Recovery | NEJM There has been confusion and controversy about the appropriate clinical goals for the use of medications such as methadone and buprenorphine. A key question has been when, if ever, to taper and dis...

Goals for Opioid Use Disorder Medications — Protection, Remission, and Recovery
"because MOUD saves lives, discharging patients because of inadequate progress toward recovery is countertherapeutic and dangerous."
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New analysis suggests restrictive state #opioid treatment program regulations limit geographic access to #methadone maintenance treatment & easing these restrictions could expand access.

Read more in Health Affairs:
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These 99 'lab hacks' will make your scientific work easier Nature asked contributors, editors and working researchers to share their best advice for scientists.

What's your favorite? Have one that's not on the list?

These 99 'lab hacks' will make your scientific work easier
Nature asked contributors, editors and working researchers to share their best advice for scientists.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Image of first page from journal article mentioned and linked in post, “It's Whack, It's Not Gonna Work”: Feasibility of Sociocentric Network Recruitment for Interventions Among Black, Latine, and Caribbean Priority Populations in New York City.

Check out the latest study from CDUHR's Cho-Hee Shrader, Danielle Ompad, and Dustin Duncan - “It's Whack, It's Not Gonna Work”: Feasibility of Sociocentric Network Recruitment for Interventions Among Black, Latine, and Caribbean Priority Populations in NYC
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Opvee, High-Profile Overdose Antidote No One Used, Discontinues Marketing In a letter reviewed by Filter, Indivior said "business reasons," not an AG investigation, caused it to stop promoting the nalmefene product.

"Indivior has not taken this action due to safety or efficacy issues,” the company wrote in a letter reviewed by Filter. “Rather, the decision was based on business reasons and shifting our focus to other parts of our business.”

Opioid use disorder cases jumped post-pandemic Here are the states with the most diagnoses.

Opioid use disorder cases jumped post-pandemic
"nearly 40% nationwide between 2021 and 2024, according to data from FAIR Health's Opioid Tracker"
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Why HHS Is Wrong to Bring Back the Stigmatizing Name Monkeypox
time.com/7321965/mpox-m… @nikkiromanik.bsky.social

AI-generated ‘participants’ can lead social science experiments astray, study finds Data produced by “silicon samples” depends on researchers’ exact choice of models, prompts, and settings

AI-generated ‘participants’ can lead social science experiments astray, study finds
"If two different researchers ran the same study in silicon samples, making different defensible choices, they could reach opposite conclusions"
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Indivior to stop marketing Opvee, controversial overdose-reversal medication Indivior is halting Opvee promotion after a New York settlement. Critics say the overdose drug is overpriced, risky, and no safer than widely used naloxone.

Indivior to stop marketing Opvee, controversial overdose-reversal medication
"a significant win for the harm reduction community"
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Michigan Department of Health and Human Services study finds harm reduction efforts make significant impacts on overdose deaths, hospitalizations, cases of hepatitis C
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Image of first page from journal article mentioned and linked in post, The Largest Program for Opioid Use Disorder in a Statewide Carceral System: A Collaborative Multi-Agency Initiative.

Check out the latest from CDUHR investigator Ashly Jordan - The Largest Program for Opioid Use Disorder in a Statewide Carceral System: A Collaborative Multi-Agency Initiative

---Implementation of MOUD programs in all NYS jails and prisons
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JAMA Data Brief: "Mental Health and Substance Use Linked in New Survey," published online September 26, 2025. Adult mental health: 23.4% had any mental illness, 5.6% classified as serious. 21.7% had generalized anxiety disorder.

📊 JAMA Data Brief: New Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) survey shows strong links between #MentalHealth and #SubstanceUse.

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