"It wasn't here, and now it is. It's everywhere": fentanyl's rising presence in Oregon's drug supply

• Main Authors: Sarah S. Shin (Author), Kate LaForge (Author), Erin Stack (Author), Justine Pope (Author), Gillian Leichtling (Author), Jessica E. Larsen (Author), Judith M. Leahy (Author), Andrew Seaman (Author), Daniel Hoover (Author), Laura Chisholm (Author), Christopher Blazes (Author), Robin Baker (Author), Mikaela Byers (Author), Katie Branson (Author), P. Todd Korthuis (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Illicit fentanyl has contributed to a drastic increase in overdose drug deaths. While fentanyl has subsumed the drug supply in the Northeastern and Midwestern USA, it has more recently reached the Western USA. For this study, we explored perspectives of people who use drugs (PWUD...