<i>I Don’t Want to Shoot up the Meth Anymore:</i> Pipe Distribution as a Harm Reduction Service for People Who Use Methamphetamine
Pipe distribution may function as a harm reduction strategy by decreasing injection and solitary drug use and linking patients to additional services. Given disproportionate methamphetamine use in rural regions, this intervention could specifically address drug-related harms that impact rural populations.
Authors
- Scott Fletcher
- Erin Augustine
- W.L. Nicholson
- Alex Rains (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7207-0780)
- Rebecca Bolinski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2454-3109)
- Wiley D. Jenkins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6389-0421)
- Lawrence J. Ouellet
- Babatunde Patrick Ajayi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-2259-7392)
- John Bresett
- Trevor Thompson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9880-782X)
- Jerel M. Ezell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9884-7909)
- Mai T. Pho
- Kyle Miller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7001-6660)
Institutions
- Southern Illinois University Carbondale (US)
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
- Southern Illinois University School of Medicine (US)
- University of Illinois Chicago (US)
- University of Chicago (US)
- Community In Action (US)
- Cancer Research And Biostatistics (US)
- Berkeley Public Health Division (US)
- University of California, Berkeley (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Substance Use & Misuse
- Published
- 2024-12-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2024.2440379
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.77
Funders
- National Institute on Drug Abuse