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Hoots and harm reduction: a qualitative study identifying gaps in overdose prevention among women who smoke drugs.

Geoff BardwellTamar AustinLisa MaherJade Boyd
Published in: Harm reduction journal (2021)
Findings demonstrate the ways in which gendered social and structural environments shape women's daily experiences using drugs and the need for culturally appropriate interventions that recognize diverse modes of consumption while attending to overdose and violence. Women-only smoking spaces can provide temporary reprieve from some socio-structural harms and build collective capacity to practice harm reduction strategies, including overdose prevention. Women-specific SCS with attention to polysubstance use are needed as well as continued efforts to address the socio-structural harms experienced by women who smoke illicit drugs.
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