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Working on short time horizons can contribute to better OAT adherence among youth experiencing street entrenchment
BC Centre on Substance Use
2020-08-31
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"Canada’s overdose crisis continues to worsen and is having devastating effects on vulnerable youth. While Opioid Agonist Therapy (OAT) has become a cornerstone of the public health response to the crisis, debates continue about the acceptability, appropriateness, and effectiveness of OAT for youth who use opioids, as well as for polysubstance using youth and those with concurrent substance use and psychiatric disorders. Between March 2017 and February 2019, 12 health care practitioners and 40 young people between the ages of 17 and 26 were interviewed to investigate perspectives on OAT for youth experiencing street entrenchment. "