Examining opioid agonist treatment (OAT) site operations and early signals of change in the first year of British Columbia’s drug decriminalization policy: Insights from a provincial survey
Despite minimal changes to OAT site operations within the first year of BC's decriminalization policy, findings suggest the need for increased staff training on decriminalization and continued investments into OAT to better support the anticipated demand on services if decriminalization is to successfully reach its goal of improving access to treatment.
Authors
- Farihah Ali (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2968-3824)
- Laura MacKinnon
- Justine Law
- Frank Crichlow
- Kate Hodgson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2208-5098)
- Jürgen T. Rehm (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5665-0385)
- Sameer Imtiaz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6812-4892)
- Cayley Russell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9634-9554)
- Rita Shahin
- Sean Patenaude (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-7835-4011)
Institutions
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CA)
- Vancouver Coastal Health (CA)
- Provincial Health Services Authority (CA)
- Universität Hamburg (DE)
- Toronto Public Health (CA)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- University of Victoria (CA)
- Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CA)
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (ES)
- Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists (CA)
- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (DE)
- Public Health Ontario (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Canadian Journal of Public Health
- Published
- 2025-06-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-025-01060-2
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.64
Funders
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research