Fentanyl use among people who inject drugs in two large Pacific Northwest metropolitan areas
Fentanyl use was highly prevalent among PWID in the urban PNW. Non-injection fentanyl use was most common and street pills were frequently administered by smoking which was associated with injecting less. All fentanyl use was associated with increased risk for overdose. There is ongoing need for access to naloxone for PWID who use fentanyl.
Authors
- Matthew Town (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9541-0624)
- Lalaine Sevillano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5522-6715)
- Sara N. Glick (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2076-3083)
- Courtney Moreno
- Timothy W. Menza
- Lauren Lipira
Institutions
- Seattle Pacific University (US)
- Portland State University (US)
- Oregon Health Authority (US)
- Public Health – Seattle & King County (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- California State University, Long Beach (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Harm Reduction Journal
- Published
- 2026-03-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-025-01384-9
- Primary Topic
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00