Protocol of the impact of alternative social assistance disbursement on drug-related harm (TASA) study: a randomized controlled trial to evaluate changes to payment timing and frequency among people who use illicit drugs

• Main Authors: Lindsey Richardson (Author), Allison Laing (Author), M-J Milloy (Author), Russ Maynard (Author), Bohdan Nosyk (Author), Brandon Marshall (Author), Eric Grafstein (Author), Patricia Daly (Author), Evan Wood (Author), Julio Montaner (Author), Thomas Kerr (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2016-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Government social assistance payments seek to alleviate poverty and address survival needs, but their monthly disbursement may cue increases in illicit drug use. This cue may be magnified when assistance is disbursed simultaneously across the population. Synchronized payments hav...