Jeffrey Ondocsin, MPH
Qualitative Field Researcher
Family Community Medicine
School of Medicine

Publications (19)

Top publication keywords:
MotivationHeroin DependenceOpioid-Related DisordersHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHarm ReductionHostilityAnalgesics, OpioidHeroinEmpathyMethamphetamineSubstance Abuse, IntravenousFentanylWest VirginiaDrug UsersDrug Overdose

• Stability or versatility: transitions in fentanyl routes of administration.
  Harm reduction journal 2025 Ondocsin J, Mars SG, Holm N, Schlosser A, Fessel J, Cowan A, Duke M, Ciccarone D
• Tranq burn: Exploring the etiology of xylazine-related soft tissue injuries.
  The International journal on drug policy 2025 Ciccarone D, Karandinos G, Krotulski A, Ondocsin J, Holm N, Montero F, Denn M, Moraff C, Mars S
• "Everyone says 'safe sex' but no one ever says 'safe drugs', you know?": Perspectives on the intersection of drug checking services, drug policy and the overdose crisis.
  PloS one 2025 Ondocsin J, Moran L, Ciccarone D, Outram S, Werb D, Holm N, Arnold EA
• Decrease in injection and rise in smoking and snorting of heroin and synthetic opioids, 2000-2021.
  Drug and alcohol dependence 2024 Karandinos G, Unick J, Ondocsin J, Holm N, Mars S, Montero F, Rosenblum D, Ciccarone D
• "I Heard of PrEP-I Didn't Think I Needed it." Understanding the Formation of HIV Risk Perception Among People Who Inject Drugs.
  Culture, medicine and psychiatry 2024 Mars S, Ondocsin J, Koester KA, Mars V, Mars G, Ciccarone D

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• Fentanyl Smoking in San Francisco: Early Signs of a New Connoisseurship.
  Human organization 2024 Mars SG, Holm N, Ondocsin J, Fessel J, Schlosser A, Cowan A, Ciccarone D
• Innovation and adaptation: The rise of a fentanyl smoking culture in San Francisco.
  PloS one 2024 Ciccarone D, Holm N, Ondocsin J, Schlosser A, Fessel J, Cowan A, Mars SG
• How do we understand the value of drug checking as a component of harm reduction services? A qualitative exploration of client and provider perspectives.
  Harm reduction journal 2024 Moran L, Ondocsin J, Outram S, Ciccarone D, Werb D, Holm N, Arnold EA
• Estimating changes in overdose death rates from increasing methamphetamine supply in Ohio: Evidence from crime lab data.
  Drug and alcohol dependence reports 2024 Rosenblum D, Ondocsin J, Mars SG, Cauchon D, Ciccarone D
• The influence of transformations in supply on methamphetamine initiation among people injecting opioids in the United States.
  Harm reduction journal 2024 Mars S, Ondocsin J, Holm N, Ciccarone D
• Pandemic expertise: qualitative findings on the experiences of living with HIV during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  AIDS care 2023 Mars SG, Spinelli MA, Ondocsin J, Koester KA, Rodriguez ES, Jain J, Arreguin M, Johnson MO, Gandhi M
• The motives and methods of methamphetamine and 'heroin' co-use in West Virginia.
  Harm reduction journal 2023 Ondocsin J, Holm N, Mars SG, Ciccarone D
• Insights from Drug Checking Programs: Practicing Bootstrap Public Health Whilst Tailoring to Local Drug User Needs.
  International journal of environmental research and public health 2023 Ondocsin J, Ciccarone D, Moran L, Outram S, Werb D, Thomas L, Arnold EA
• 'The High Five Club': Social Relations and Perspectives on HIV-Related Stigma During an HIV Outbreak in West Virginia.
  Culture, medicine and psychiatry 2022 Mars SG, Koester KA, Ondocsin J, Mars V, Mars G, Ciccarone D
• Correction to: Hostility, compassion and role reversal in West Virginia's long opioid overdose emergency.
  Harm reduction journal 2021 Ondocsin J, Mars SG, Howe M, Ciccarone D
• Hostility, compassion and role reversal in West Virginia's long opioid overdose emergency.
  Harm reduction journal 2020 Ondocsin J, Mars SG, Howe M, Ciccarone D
• Toots, tastes and tester shots: user accounts of drug sampling methods for gauging heroin potency.
  Harm reduction journal 2018 Mars SG, Ondocsin J, Ciccarone D
• Sold as Heroin: Perceptions and Use of an Evolving Drug in Baltimore, MD.
  Journal of psychoactive drugs 2017 Mars SG, Ondocsin J, Ciccarone D
• Heroin uncertainties: Exploring users' perceptions of fentanyl-adulterated and -substituted 'heroin'.
  The International journal on drug policy 2017 Ciccarone D, Ondocsin J, Mars SG