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How You Can Help Prevent an Opioid Related Death

Leaflet, Infographic, Fact sheet, Poster

New resource on how to help prevent an opioid related death. Learn about an overdose including the symptoms, how to respond, information on naloxone, tips on preventing an overdose, and resources for seeking help. Download and share now.

Could a Telehealth Programme Improve Outcomes for Justice-Involved Women?

News

Evidence has shown that individuals released from prison are at greater risk of drug overdose in the first 2 weeks post-release compared to the general population. After a period of relative abstinence, the tolerance of people who use...

Opioid Overdose Reversal with Naloxone (Narcan, Evzio)

Video and audio recordings

1 February 2020

What is Naloxone? Naloxone is a medication designed to rapidly reverse opioid overdose. It is an opioid antagonist—meaning that it binds to opioid receptors and can reverse and block the effects of other opioids. It can very quickly restore...

Association of Opioids Prescribed to Family Members With Opioid Overdose Among Adolescents and Young Adults

Scientific article

27 March 2020

Abstract Importance: Family members are cited as a common source of prescription opioids used for nonmedical reasons. However, the overdose risk associated with exposure to opioids prescribed to family members among adolescents and young...

Outreach to People Who Survive Opioid Overdose

Scientific article

Often it takes a critical moment, such as when someone survives an overdose, to motivate behavioural change. It is particularly important that at these times people have access to the appropriate treatment. The objective of this study was...

Free Webinar: Opioid Agonist Treatment for Pharmaceutical Opioid Dependence

3 March 2020

Webinar

Turning Point will be offering a free webinar Tuesday 3rd March 2020 at 8:30 AM ACST

This session aims to briefly cover the main opioid agonist pharmacotherapies for opioid dependence, and summarise the evidence for the use of these treatments for pharmaceutical opioid dependence.

How to Integrate Medication-Assisted Treatment within the Healthcare Delivery System

2 July 2020

Webinar

Medication can enhance

UGFG researchers develop particle that reverses cocaine overdose

News

Research carried out at the Federal University of Goiás (UFG) – Brazil has developed a particle capable of capturing cocaine circulating in the blood of a living organism. The formulation proved to be efficient even in lethal doses of the...

Formulação captura droga em circulação no organismo mesmo em quantidade letal

Exploring Opioid Overdose Incidence in a Cohort of People Who Inject Drugs

20 February 2020

Sydney

Australia

Opioid overdose is a significant public health issue, with people who inject drugs (PWID) a key risk group. However, there is little contemporary information on opioid overdose incidence in Australia and limited evidence of the impact of factors affecting incidence among PWID. Further evidence on the risk and protective factors of an opioid overdose will help determine how to prevent these overdoses from occurring.

Fentanyl Deaths on the Rise

News

Deaths caused by the drug fentanyl are on the rise in the UK, a recent report published by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) warns. The report, which included a a literature review of the effects of fentanyl, details of...