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british columbia bc canada large takehome naloxone thn program implemented part provincial response ongoing toxic unregulated drug supply emergency ascertaining rate use thn kits vital understanding full impact program however challenging problem due underreporting kit distribution study aims estimate total number thn kits used based number thn kits shipped number thn kits reported distributed number thn kits reported used used bc thn shipment distribution records february 2015 august 2023 inform simple bayesian model naloxone kit distribution use logistic regression term health region distribution site type incorporated account variable underreporting convolution term incorporated account kit distribution find number thn kits reported used number total thn kits distributed largely underreported estimated 1500 95 cri 1430 1590 thn kits per 10000 bc population used 288 per 10000 reported used thn kits shipped model estimated 43 95 cri 4145 kits used also found variation distribution use distribution site type kits distributed overdose prevention sites highest rate use 56 95 cri 5359 across sites kit use approximately five times higher reported framework also applied localities thn programs operate order better estimate true reach impact take home naloxone distribution