Substance Use and Public Health Lecture

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What are the factors that determine the risk of fatal opioid overdose?

Availability of heroin, changes in the toxicity of supply, local policies related to naloxone availability

What can be separated from harms that result from political and social responses to drug use?

Harms from drug use itself (direct effects)

What influences the availability of risk-reduction measures such as sterile syringes?

Legislation and policy

What determines how strongly drug use is associated with various harms?

<p>Drug policy and policymakers’ choices</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are some contextual factors involved in the production of harm related to drug use?

<p>Existing drug-policy regime</p> Signup and view all the answers

What determines the risk of fatal opioid overdose?

<p>All of the above</p> Signup and view all the answers

What influences the availability of risk-reduction measures such as sterile syringes?

<p>Legislation and policy shaping</p> Signup and view all the answers

What separates harms from drug use itself (direct effects) from harms that result from political and social responses to drug use?

<p>Conceptual distinction</p> Signup and view all the answers

What can lead to more risky consumption due to intense policing focused on drug-related public disorder?

<p>Increased availability of heroin locally</p> Signup and view all the answers

What influences how strongly drug use is associated with various harms?

<p>Existing drug-policy regime</p> Signup and view all the answers

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