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Opioid agonist treatment (OAT) is an effective treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) as it prevents withdrawal symptoms, reduces cravings, and has been associated with beneficial outcomes such as reductions in illicit drug use and related harms (e.g., overdose, mortality, etc.). To better...

Correctional populations experience high levels of opioid use disorder (OUD) and increased risks for related harms upon the high-risk period of community release and reintegration, including overdose and premature mortality. Opioid agonist therapy (OAT) is an effective treatment for OUD and its...

The Canada Communicable Disease Report (CCDR) is a bilingual, peer-reviewed, open-access, online scientific journal published by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC). It provides timely, authoritative and practical information on infectious diseases to clinicians, public health...