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A major stakeholder in the lobbying efforts: the role of people who use drugs in
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BMC Public Health
2025[Oct]; 25
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BACKGROUND: Mass media campaigns have been effectively used in the past to shape
public opinion on health. As the synthetic opioid epidemic sadly continues to
take the lives of people across the globe, there is little information available
on the power of mass media influenced by the advocacy and engagement of people
who use drugs (PWUDs). METHODS: Using one of the oldest and potentially most
significant drug user advocacy groups in North America, the Vancouver Area
Network of Drug Users (VANDU), as a case study, this study reports on the
relationship between overdose-related deaths and the level of community action
taken by PWUDs. The level of community action is measured annually via news items
attributed to VANDU members or the organization's engagement with mass media, as
well as overdose death numbers and rates. SPSS version 30 is used for analyzing
correlation and simple regression. RESULTS: After conducting Kendall's
correlation, the results indicate a weak but statistically significant
relationship between community action and the level of overdose deaths
(r?=?-?0.023; p?0.001) and overdose death rates (r?=?-?0.034; p?0.001).
Additionally, a simple linear regression model was estimated. Based on the
regression equation, there was a significant effect between the community action
level (frequency of news items shaped by VANDU membership), rate and number of
deaths, where increasing drug overdose death numbers (F (1, 25)?=?6.096,
p?0.021, R(2)?=?0.196) and rates (F (1, 25)?=?6.467, p?0.018, R(2)?=?0.206)
predicted the level of community action by PWUDs. CONCLUSION: PWUDs' role as
significant stakeholders is often overlooked; however, this research has
highlighted that the PWUDs have the capacity and potential to influence, shape,
and change public opinion through engagement with news media. Therefore,
government, cities, health agencies, and policymakers must engage with PWUDs and
establish similar organizations, such as VANDU, to promote harm reduction, human
rights, and treatment during an overdose crisis to facilitate shaping public
opinion around addiction as a relapsing medical issue.