“The people who depended on us became expendable”: Experiences of frontline workers with lived and living expertise of drug use during the COVID-19 pandemic

“The people who depended on us became expendable”: Experiences of frontline workers with lived and living expertise of drug use during the COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract Background This paper explores the perspectives of a group of people with lived and living expertise of unregulated drug use who worked as frontline harm reduction service providers and activists in Canada during the dual public health emergencies of COVID-19 and the toxic drug crisis. Spec...

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Main Authors: Kat Gallant, Kelsey A. Speed, Alex Betsos, Brandi Abele, Matthew Bonn, Frank Crichlow, Alexandra de Kiewit, Michael Nurse, Alex Sherstobitoff, Natasha Touesnard, Karen Turner, the National Working Group of People with Lived and Living Expertise, Jade Boyd
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2025-05-01
Series:Harm Reduction Journal
Subjects:
Frontline
COVID-19
People who use drugs
Overdose
Harm reduction
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-025-01221-z
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