Timing of income assistance payment and overdose patterns at a Canadian supervised injection facility

摘要

Introduction: Overdose is a significant health risk for people who use illicit drugs, with injection drug users (IDU) experiencing a particularly high burden of overdose-attributed mortality (Bargagli et al., 2006). Even when drug overdose does not result in death, the sequelae of non-fatal overdose among IDU are a significant source of morbidity (Warner-Smith, Darke, & Day, 2002). Prevention of drug overdose is therefore a central component of efforts to reduce the harms associated with injection drug use.