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Best D, Man LH, Gossop M, et al. Drug users' experiences of witnessing overdoses: what do they know and what do they need to know?. Drug Alcohol Rev. 2000;19(4):407-412doi: 10.1080/713659420.
Best, D., Man, L. H., Gossop, M., Noble, A., & Strang, J. (2000). Drug users' experiences of witnessing overdoses: what do they know and what do they need to know?. Drug and alcohol review, 19(4), 407-412. https://doi.org/10.1080/713659420
Best, David, et al. "Drug users' experiences of witnessing overdoses: what do they know and what do they need to know?." Drug and alcohol review vol. 19,4 (2000): 407-412. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/713659420
Best D, Man LH, Gossop M, Noble A, Strang J. Drug users' experiences of witnessing overdoses: what do they know and what do they need to know?. Drug Alcohol Rev. 2000 Dec;19(4):407-412. doi: 10.1080/713659420. PMID: 28474456.
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Drug Alcohol Rev. 2000 Dec;19(4):407-412. doi: 10.1080/713659420.

Drug users' experiences of witnessing overdoses: what do they know and what do they need to know?.

Drug and alcohol review

David Best, Lan-Ho Man, Michael Gossop, Alison Noble, John Strang

Affiliations

  1. National Addiction Centre (Institute of Psychiatry/Maudsley Hospital), Denmark Hill, London, UK.

PMID: 28474456 DOI: 10.1080/713659420

Abstract

The study investigated overdose attitudes and experiences among 155 attenders at an out-patient drug clinic in south London. Almost half the sample (46.8%) had ever overdosed while 82.6% had witnessed overdoses, of whom 43 had witnessed overdose fatalities. However, this does not appear to have been a consequence of inaction, with most users reporting that they had attempted to resuscitate or assist the victim in a number of ways. Most participants also reported a reasonable awareness of the appropriate actions to take, were not deterred by fear of police sanction and managing reported that they would be willing to intervene in the future. Over a third were keen to receive training on managing overdose and that the majority would be willing to keep naloxone at home. This evidence supports previous research suggesting that addicts may be a valuable resource in strategies for reducing overdose fatalities through training and the dissemination of new drug technologies such as naloxone.

2000 Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs.

Keywords: actions; naloxone; overdose; personal overdose; training; witnessed overdose

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