Risk reduction behaviours following the detection of unexpected drugs through community drug checking: a cross-sectional study
Individuals who detected unexpected active drugs in their sample had higher odds of engaging in risk reduction practices. These findings highlight the potential of drug checking services as a harm reduction tool within a suite of services offered to combat the unpredictable and unregulated drug supply.
Authors
- Samuel Tobias (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6051-8950)
- Mark Lysyshyn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6684-2030)
- Evan Wood
- Lianping Ti
- Cameron Grant
- Perrine Roux
- Thomas Kerr
Institutions
- Vancouver Coastal Health (CA)
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- Inserm (FR)
- British Columbia Centre on Substance Use (CA)
- Economic & Social Sciences, Health Systems & Medical Informatics (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Harm Reduction Journal
- Published
- 2026-03-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-025-01374-x
- Primary Topic
- Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00