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The growing popularity of prescription opioid injection in downtown Montréal: new challenges for harm reduction (2011)
(La popularité grandissante de l'injection d'opiacés médicamenteux au centre ville de Montréal : nouveaux défis pour la réduction des risques)
Auteur(s) :
ROY, E. ;
ARRUDA, N. ;
BOURGOIS, P.
Année
2011
Page(s) :
1142-1150
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Thésaurus géographique
CANADA
;
QUEBEC
Thésaurus mots-clés
OPIOIDES
;
INJECTION
;
REDUCTION DES RISQUES ET DES DOMMAGES
;
ETHNOGRAPHIE
;
ETUDE QUALITATIVE
;
TYPE D'USAGE
;
MEDICAMENTS
Résumé :
Starting in 2007, a 2-year study based on ethnographic methodology was carried out downtown Montreal, Canada. A thematic analysis of observational and interview-based notes was conducted. Illicit prescription opioid (PO) use was widespread among street-based participants. Injection was the main mode of PO administration observed among users. Some injection practices such as "doing a wash" could pose new challenges in terms of prevention of infections. More research is needed to examine the role of illicit PO use in the development of opiate addiction and to better understand drug-using contexts that put PO users at risk of infections. The study's limitations are noted.
Affiliation :
Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Service de Toxicomanie, Longueuil, Québec, Canada