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We asked 681 people from ARYS, VIDUS and ACCESS which medical-grade opioid they would want prescribed. 74% said their choice could help them use street opioids less, but very few were getting it. Published in the International Journal of Drug Policy.
Street-involved young people in ARYS reported low interest in starting buprenorphine-naloxone (Suboxone). Published in the Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment.
Over two thirds of young people in ARYS who started methadone later stopped. Published in the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry.
OAT cut daily street opioid use for young people in ARYS, but did not improve access to services, housing or time in jail. Published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence.
