| BBV | Blood Borne Virus |
| CPR | Cardiopulmonary resuscitation |
| DRDs | Drug-related deaths |
| ED | Emergency Department |
| HAT | Heroin Assisted Treatment |
| HCV | Hepatitis C Virus |
| HIV | Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
| NSP | Needle and Syringe Programmes |
| OEND | Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution |
| OST | Opioid Substitution Treatment |
| OPS | Overdose Prevention Site |
| PRISMA | Preferred Reporting Items of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses |
| PICOS Framework | Populations, interventions, comparators, outcomes and study designs framework for systematic review of literature |
| PWUD | People Who Use Drugs |
| SCS | Supervised Consumption Site |
| RCT | Randomized Controlled Trial |
| THN | Take-Home Naloxone |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| US | United States |
| VANDU | Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users |