[HTML][HTML] Reconciliation and Canada's overdose crisis: responding to the needs of Indigenous Peoples

J Lavalley, S Kastor, J Valleriani, R McNeil - Cmaj, 2018 - Can Med Assoc
Discourses about who qualifies as Indigenous limit how data on Indigenous people are
collected. Data on Métis, Inuit and those living on reserves are scarce. 3 This may mask the …

“Bed Bugs and Beyond”: An ethnographic analysis of North America's first women-only supervised drug consumption site

J Boyd, J Lavalley, S Czechaczek, S Mayer… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Attention to how women are differentially impacted within harm reduction
environments is salient amidst North America's overdose crisis. Harm reduction interventions are …

Negotiating sex work and client interactions in the context of a fentanyl-related overdose epidemic

J Lavalley, AB Collins, S Mayer, L Gaudette… - Culture, health & …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Despite awareness of the role of drug use in shaping sex worker/client interactions, these
dynamics remain poorly understood in the context of illicit fentanyl-driven overdose epidemics. …

Mothers who use drugs: Closing the gaps in harm reduction response amidst the dual epidemics of overdose and violence in a Canadian urban setting

…, L Maher, T Austin, J Lavalley… - … journal of public …, 2022 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. To identify key gaps in overdose prevention interventions for mothers who use
drugs and the paradoxical impact of institutional practices that can increase overdose risk in …

“People need them or else they're going to take fentanyl and die”: A qualitative study examining the 'problem'of prescription opioid diversion during an overdose …

G Bardwell, W Small, J Lavalley, R McNeil… - Social Science & …, 2021 - Elsevier
The practice of prescription opioid (PO) diversion remains highly controversial and has been
characterized as a source of significant drug-related harm by physicians and public health …

[HTML][HTML] You just have to have other models, our DNA is different: the experiences of indigenous people who use illicit drugs and/or alcohol accessing substance use …

J Lavalley, S Kastor, M Tourangeau… - Harm Reduction …, 2020 - Springer
Objectives In Canada, and elsewhere, indigenous peoples who use illicit drugs and/or alcohol
(IPWUID/A) commonly experience vulnerability and a disproportionate burden of harm …

[HTML][HTML] Women who use drugs: engagement in practices of harm reduction care

T Austin, J Lavalley, S Parusel, AB Collins… - Harm Reduction …, 2023 - Springer
Background Harm reduction services that employ or are operated by people who use drugs
are an effective means of mitigating overdose risks and other drug-related harms. However, …

A missed opportunity? Cannabis legalization and reparations in Canada

J Valleriani, J Lavalley, R McNeil - Canadian Journal of Public Health, 2018 - Springer
As Canada moves towards the legalization of cannabis, the Cannabis Act itself remains
void of any complementary social justice measures. Decades of criminalization for the …

" I Used to be Scared to Even Like Stand Beside Somebody Who Had It": HIV Risk Behaviours and Perceptions Among Indigenous People Who Use Drugs

J Lavalley… - The International …, 2021 - erudit.org
Objectives: In Canada, and elsewhere, Indigenous people who use illicit drugs and/or alcohol
(WUID/A) experience a disproportionate burden of HIV-related harm. This study examined …

[HTML][HTML] Interest in receiving psychedelic-assisted therapy among marginalized women: Implications and findings from a community-based study in Canada

E Argento, S Goldenberg, K Deering, J Lavalley… - Drug and Alcohol …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Psychedelic-assisted therapies are receiving mounting attention for their
therapeutic potential. However, little is known about interest among women who experience …