Philadelphia took a controversial step Tuesday in combating its drug crisis, as the city announced it would establish safe injection sites where drug users can inject substances in a supervised medical facility. The facilities would be the first official sites of their kind in the U.S., according to Philly.com. Though San Francisco, New York and […]
After an increase in opiate-related deaths last year, both local and state officials are exploring “safe injection sites,” or sites where addicts can use intravenous drugs under supervision. Advocates say the sites reduce harm and tackle addiction. Chittenden County State’s Attorney Sarah George is forming a task force of community leaders to understand the issues
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After an increase in opiate-related deaths last year, both local and state officials are exploring “safe injection sites,” or sites where addicts can use intravenous drugs under supervision. Advocates say the sites reduce harm and tackle addiction. Chittenden County State’s Attorney Sarah George is forming a task force of community leaders to understand the issues
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The Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, British Columbia, is infamous for its open-air drug markets. In recent years, heroin, the neighborhood’s traditional drug of choice, has given way to fentanyl, a cheaper and more potent substance. More than 159 people lost their lives to drug overdoses in Vancouver last year, a majority of them to fentanyl,
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It has been nearly 30 years since the first needle exchange program opened in the United States, in Tacoma, Wash., in 1988. It was a health measure to prevent injecting drug users from sharing needles, and therefore spreading H.I.V. and hepatitis. The idea was controversial, to say the least. Many people felt – and still
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Saskatchewan needs to act on the federal government’s easing of restrictions for supervised safe injection sites. The province does not yet have a safe injection site, although the Saskatoon Tribal Council stated last year that it wanted to explore the idea. The province continues to be cold to the idea. Health Minister Jim Reiter reiterated
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As the city considers supervised injection sites in Hamilton, local planners want your opinion about places where drug users can get high under medical supervision. It’s an idea that has spurred much controversy in Canada, but is also rooted in research that shows harm reduction measures like this one can help save lives, reduce drug
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After years of pleading, debating and waiting, the Quebec Ministry of Health officially released the funds to open three supervised injection sites (SIS), as well as one mobile unit in Montreal. Two such sites are already in function in Vancouver, but it will be a first for Quebec. Quebec will release $12 million over three
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The small operation consists of a couple of people trained in CPR, chairs, clean needles and naloxone. With Insite, Vancouver’s lone safe injection site, currently operating at capacity, a DIY safe injection site in the city has emerged in order to service those who simply can’t wait. VICE reported that a “harm reduction tent” has
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North America’s only supervised injection site for drugs like cocaine, speed and crystal meth has found that 90% of its clients’ heroin contained the powerful synthetic fentanyl. Vancouver’s Insite, which offers health services including supervised injection, said that of the 173 drug checks it did for fentanyl in a month, 90% tested positive for the
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