Additional Video and Readings

Video- Author/Source: McMaster Demystifying Medicine Program; How Opioid Overdoses Occur – Mechanism and Interventions

Learn about the mechanisms behind opioid overdoses and how safe consumption sites and naloxone kits can be used as interventions.

Reading – James & Williams – 2020 – Basic Opioid Pharmacology – An Update

Reading – Volkow et al., 2019 – JAMA Psychiatry – Prevention and Treatment of Opioid Misuse and Addiction

Reading – Bhadelia et al., 2019 – AJPH – Global Access to Pain Relief

Reflection Reading #2 – (2 short opinion/commentaries related to opioids)

Jawa et al., 2021 – Federal Policymakers Should Urgently and Greatly Expand Naloxone Access

Samuels et al., 2022 – Overdose Prevention Centers: An Essential Strategy to Address the Overdose Crisis