Participant, peer and PEEP: considerations and strategies for involving people who have used illicit substances as assistants and advisors in research

This project offers a unique approach to engaging people who use illicit substances and demonstrates how participation is an important endeavor that improves the relevance, capacity, and quality of research. Lessons learned in this project can be applied to future community-based research with people who use illicit substances or other marginalized groups and/or participatory settings.