International Journal of Drug Policy

“Early evidence of the effects of xylazine-adulterated fentanyl in Ohio” by @DanielRosePhD and colleagues via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social this isn’t good, Tranq now in Ohio…thoughts?

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#TranqDope #Ohio #International #DrugPolicy #Overdose #IJDP

"Aging and street capital: Older men’s status and strategies in street culture" by Olivia Liahaugen Flensburg, Torkel Richert, & Åsa Alftberg (2025) via @ijdrugpolicy...what does "older men's strategies" mean to you?

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HIGHLIGHTS 1-4

"Effects of media representations of drug related deaths on public stigma for harm reduction" by Harry Robin
Sumnall and colleagues (2023) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social...how do you think the media representations people who drugs?

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#IJDP #PublicStigma

“Drug decriminalization policy under the microscope in the United States: crime data considerations to inform future research” by Hope M. Smiley-McDonald and colleagues (2025) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…do you agree with decriminalizing drugs?

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“When pink powders shift the drug landscape: tusi (“pink cocaine”) and other colored powders” by Nicole D. Fitzgerald, Nina Abukahok, & Joseph J. Palamar (2025) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social does your region have coloured cocaine?

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#ColouredCocaine

“Perspectives on prescribed safer supply programs among people who inject drugs in Baltimore, Maryland: A mixed methods study among individuals highly affected by drug toxicity” by Danielle German and colleagues (2025) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social.

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"Drug decriminalization policy under the microscope in the United States: crime data considerations to inform future research" by Hope M. Smiley-McDonald and colleagues (2025) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social ....what are some future crime considerations?

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“Is drug-use stigma a breach of human rights law?: Insights from Australia” by Sean Mulcahy, Kate Seear, & @carlatreloar.bsky.social (2025) via @ijdrugpolicy…what do you think? Is drug use stigma a breach of human rights law?

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"Recent increases in crack injection and associated risk factors among people who inject psychoactive drugs in England and Wales" by Claire Edmundson and colleagues (2025) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social ....what are some recent crack injections risk?

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“Defining and measuring ‘inhalant’ use in population-based surveys” by Crossin, Whelan, & Ball (2025) via
@ijdrugpolicy
…do people use inhalants in your region?

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"Access and care for people with opioid use disorder in U.S. skilled nursing facilities: A policy commentary" by Shivani Nishar and colleagues (2024) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social...do you think people with OUD should be referred to nurses?

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"Increased risk of non-fatal overdose associated with non-prescribed benzodiazepine use in Scotland, UK" by A. McAuley and colleagues (2025) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social...is there a lot of benzodiazepine use in Scotland, UK?

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“Implementation of a multi-component alcohol policy in Ireland: A qualitative study exploring barriers and facilitators to implementation” by @susancalnan.bsky.social and colleagues (2025) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…interesting read on alcohol policy!

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"Negotiating the divide: Science, politics, and institutional boundaries in Swiss cannabis regulation" by Sharon R. Sznitman and colleagues (2025) vi @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…interesting study interviewing 18 people involved in Swiss cannabis policy!

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“Speed and smoking kill: A time-varying survival analysis linking methamphetamine use, cigarette smoking, and mortality in sexual minority men” by Grace Yi and colleagues (2025) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…interesting read!

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“Identifying barriers and facilitators to accessing harm reduction services in prisons: A systematic narrative synthesis” by O. Varsaneux and colleagues (2025) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…does your local prison offer harm reduction services?

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“Association of fentanyl test strip results and change in drug use behaviors: A multi-state, community-based observational study” by Kitty H. Gelberg and colleagues (2025) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…do fentanyl test trips change drug use practices?

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“Countering the institutionalization of harm reduction through critical pragmatism” by Andie MacNeil (2025) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…how do you define harm reduction?

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#HarmReduction #DrugPolicy

“Necropolitics of the North: A rapid ethnography examining the effects of the closure of one of Northern Ontario’s only supervised consumption sites” by Lucas Tucker and colleagues (2025) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…great read and great title!

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#Policy

📑Editor’s Choice 📑

“Impact of scaling up harm reduction interventions on injecting risk behaviours, ART outcomes and HIV incidence among people who inject drugs in Kenya” by Josephine G. Walker and colleagues (2025) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social.

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“A proportionality approach to the ethics of drug policy” by Mary Jean Walker (2025) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…does your region apply a proportionality approach to the ethics of drug policy? Comment below!

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#Ethics #International #DrugPolicy

“Stoned on the road”: A systematic review of cannabis-impaired driving educational initiatives targeting young drivers in Canada by @RobertColonna_ and colleagues (2025) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social. Does cannabis makes you as impaired as alcohol for driving?

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“Prevalence and correlates of multiple injections per injection episode among people who inject drugs in rural U.S. communities” by L. Sarah Mixson and colleagues (2025) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social. Do people inject more in rural areas versus urban areas?

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Heroin injection to fentanyl smoking: Examining temporal trends in substance type and route of administration among people who inject drugs in Los Angeles, CA and Denver, CO, USA between 2021–2022 by Jesse Goldshear and all (2025) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social

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“Willingness and contextual considerations for supervised consumption sites: a mixed-methods study among people who inject drugs in Stockholm” by Elin Holmén and colleagues (2025) via IJDP…what are some considerations for SCSs in your region?

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📝Editors Choice📝

"The intersection of substance use stigma and anti-Black racial stigma: A scoping review" by Rashmi Ghonasgi and colleagues (2024) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…such a great read!

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🔎 Special Issue Alert 🔍

This Special Issue seeks to provide ways in which we can understand drug-related violence. Submission Deadline is September, 15th, 2025.

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#InternationalDrugPolicy #DrugRelatedViolence

🔎Special Issue Alert🔍

Advances in understanding and addressing health-related harms among people who use drugs.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS COMING UP: May 31st, 2025! Get your papers in for this super cool collab between @inhsu.bsky.social & us!

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"Harms associated with injecting in public spaces: a global systematic review and meta-analysis" by Mehrdad Khezri and colleagues (2025) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…where are people supposed to use besides the public if there are no OPS/SCS?

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“The emergence of fentanyl in a stimulant landscape: Un/intentional use, social relations, and developing communities of care” by Jennifer Syvertsen and colleagues (2025) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…do people seek out fentanyl in your area?

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