2026
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Tessa Rife-Pennington, Katherine Hill, Claire M. Zagorski, Jenna L. Butner et autres
The United States overdose crisis is driven in large part by an increasingly unpredictable and contaminated drug supply, including fentanyl and its analogs and emerging adulterants such as xylazine and nitazenes. Drug checking interventions such as fentanyl test strips and Fourier Transform …
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2026
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Katherine Hill, Emma T. Biegacki, Gabrielle Bogut, Elizabeth Znamierowski et autres
BACKGROUND: In the context of the fourth wave of the opioid overdose crisis, defined by fentanyl and stimulant co-use, we aimed to explore if there might be a relationship between exposure to xylazine in the fentanyl supply and patterns of crack/cocaine use. …
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2026
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Katherine Hill, Rebecca Minahan-Rowley, Emma Biegacki, Robert R. Heimer et autres
BACKGROUND: Xylazine prevalence has surged in the unregulated fentanyl supply across the United States. In efforts to inform education initiatives for people who use drugs, this study aimed to identify factors associated with reported xylazine use and knowledge gaps. METHODS: This Connecticut-based …
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2026
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Katherine Hill, Rebecca Minahan-Rowley, Emma Biegacki, Robert Heimer et autres
Abstract Background Xylazine prevalence has surged in the unregulated fentanyl supply across the United States. In efforts to inform education initiatives for people who use drugs, this study aimed to identify factors associated with reported xylazine use and knowledge gaps. Methods This …
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2026
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Katherine Hill, Rebecca Minahan-Rowley, Emma Biegacki, Robert Heimer et autres
Abstract Background Xylazine prevalence has surged in the unregulated fentanyl supply across the United States. In efforts to inform education initiatives for people who use drugs, this study aimed to identify factors associated with reported xylazine use and knowledge gaps. Methods This …
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2026
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Katherine Hill, Rebecca Minahan-Rowley, Emma Biegacki, Robert Heimer et autres
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2026
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Katherine Hill, Rebecca Minahan-Rowley, Emma Biegacki, Robert Heimer et autres
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2025
editorial
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Katherine Hill, Tessa Rife, Claire M. Zagorski, Katherine T. Dunham et autres
The United States faces a profound overdose crisis and a volatile, unregulated drug supply. Despite the availability of effective treatments and harm reduction strategies, many individuals who use drugs have limited access to evidence-based interventions. Punitive approaches to people who use drugs …
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2025
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Noa Krawczyk, Jenny Scott, Megan Jo Miller, Abby Coulter et autres
Methadone treatment (MT) for opioid use disorder saves lives, but the US MT system has long been dominated by punitive policies and practices that make MT inaccessible, burdensome, and traumatic for patients. After generations without changes to methadone regulations, a confluence of …
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2025
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Katherine Hill, Robert R. Heimer, Kimberly L. Sue
Background: Xylazine, a veterinary tranquilizer, is increasingly found in the unregulated fentanyl supply. Researchers and public health officials have generally characterized this substance as an unwanted adulterant, associated with outcomes such as extreme sedation and necrotic wounds. However, some literature suggests a …
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2025
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Nicholaus J. Christian, Amber N. Baysinger, Richard Bottner, Cody Cowley et autres
Background: Individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD) commonly face stigma when receiving healthcare. Although experienced stigma of patients with OUD in hospital settings is linked to worse treatment outcomes, less is known about the stigmatizing care practices of hospital-based providers that result …
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2025
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Elinore J. Kaufman, Jesse E. Passman, Rucha Alur, Randi Nicole Smith et autres
Importance: Approximately 2 million individuals are incarcerated in the US. Surgical needs increase with age, and an aging prison population means an increasing need for surgical care for incarcerated individuals. Challenges in logistics, privacy, communication, and comorbidities put people in law enforcement …
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