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A syndemic examination of injecting drug use, incarceration and multiple drug-related harms in French opioid users.

Salim MezaacheLaélia Briand-MadridVirginie LaporteDaniela Rojas CastroPatrizia CarrieriPerrine Roux
Published in: International journal of prisoner health (2022)
This study provides insights of the syndemic nature of drug-related harms and highlights that drug injection during incarceration is associated with co-occurring harms. Public health interventions and policy changes are needed to limit the deleterious impact of prison on PWID.
Keyphrases
  • public health
  • healthcare
  • drug induced
  • adverse drug
  • chronic pain
  • pain management
  • emergency department