Drug sellers' use of drug checking services with Pablo Gonzalez Nieto
About this episode
Dr Elle Wadsworth interviews Pablo Gonzalez Nieto about drug sellers' use of drug checking services in the context of the overdose crisis in British Columbia.
In this episode, Dr Elle Wadsworth talks to Pablo Gonzalez Nieto, a harm reduction provider, drug checking technician, and research assistant at Substance Drug Checking within the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research, Canada. The interview covers Pablo’s research article on drug sellers’ use of a drug checking service amid the overdose crisis in British Columbia, Canada. We apologise for the sound quality at points during this episode, but we promise its worth the listen! What a drug checking service is [01:20] The motivation to examine drug sellers’ use of drug checking services [03:33] The difference in findings between drug sellers and drug consumers [08:00] The unique service that Pablo’s drug checking facility provides [09:00] The main take away from the paper [11:41] Using drug checking services as a harm reduction intervention [14:05] Funding cuts to harm reduction services in Canada [16:00] Drug consumption at the World Cup [17:35] About Elle Wadsworth: Elle is an academic fellow with the Society for the Study of Addiction. She is based at the University of Bath with the Addiction and Mental Health Group and her research interests include drug policy, cannabis…
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