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This article by Liu, et al describes the disproportionately high rate of recently homeless Ontarians to experiencing an emergency department visit due to drug overdoses during the COVID-19 pandemic re-opening. Public health and policy interventions for supportive housing, harm reduction and substance use treatment must be priorities for pandemic response and recovery.
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Liu, M., Richard, L., Campitelli, M. A., Nisenbaum, R., Dosani, N., Dhalla, I. A., Wadhera, R. K., Shariff, S. Z., & Hwang, S. W. (2022). Drug overdoses during the COVID‐19 pandemic among recently homeless individuals. Addiction. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15823