Supervised Injection Facilities

SUPERVISED INJECTION FACILITIES: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ACTION

https://www.nastad.org/resource/supervised-injection-facilities-recommendations-action America’s opioid epidemic continues to cause unprecedented overdose deaths and fuel increases in new cases of hepatitis B and C, and HIV. According to the CDC, in 2016 over 64,000...

Using drugs in un/safe spaces: Impact of perceived illegality on an underground supervised injecting facility in the United States

by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction

http://www.ijdp.org/article/S0955-3959(17)30361-4/fulltext Peter J. Davidson Background Supervised injection facilities (SIFs) are spaces where people can consume pre-obtained drugs in hygienic circumstances with trained staff in attendance to provide emergency...

by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction

https://www.asam.org/quality-practice/asam-weekly/asam-weekly-editorial-comment ASAM Weekly Editorial Comment William Haning, MD, DFASAM, DFAPA Editor-in-Chief July 4, 2017 A considerable dollop of this week’s contents bear on the effort to control the consequences of...