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USA. Public Health: Cities Planning Supervised Drug Injection Sites Fear Justice Department Reaction
USA. Public Health: Cities Planning Supervised Drug Injection Sites Fear Justice Department Reaction
In parts of the country hit hard by addiction, some public health officials are considering running sites where people can use heroin and other illegal drugs under medical supervision. Advocates say these facilities, known as supervised injection sites, save lives that would otherwise be lost to overdoses and provide a bridge to treatment.
There are at least 13 efforts underway in U.S. cities and states to start an official supervised injection site — with advocates in several cities saying they want to be the first. And the forms vary. Seattle is planning a safe injection van; Philadelphia is considering pop-up tents; some elected officials in places like Denver, Vermont, Delaware and San Francisco, are trying to gather support for proposals. (npr – National Public Radio, 12.07.2018)
UK. UK Drug Policy is Fuelling an HIV Outbreak in Scotland
The UK Government’s continued opposition to the introduction of drug consumptions is fuelling an HIV outbreak in Scotland.
Scotland is enduring some of the worst consequences of the UK’s national drug policy. The rate of drug-related deaths in Scotland is eight-times the EU average, and close to three-times the rates of England, Wales, or Northern Ireland. Alongside this spiralling number of deaths, Glasgow – Scotland’s most populous city – is now seeing a resurgence in HIV, with people who use drugs bearing the brunt of the outbreak. Over 100 cases of HIV among people who inject drugs have been linked to this outbreak so far. (Talkking Drugs, UK, 09.07.2018)
https://www.talkingdrugs.org/uk-drug-policy-fuelling-an-hiv-outbreak-in-scotland
USA. NYPD backs supervised drug injection centers after visiting sites in Canada
NYPD officials saw crime and quality of life troubles around government-sanctioned drug injection sites they visited in Canada, Police Commissioner James O'Neill said Tuesday — but he still supports opening the centers in New York. (NY Daily News, 08.05.2018)
Australien. Alex Wodak: The long fight for safe injecting rooms
Last Saturday, the second medically supervised injecting centre (MSIC) in Australia opened its doors in Melbourne’s North Richmond. It was a long time coming. (The Saturday Paper, Australien, 07.07.2018)
Luxemburg. 'Shooting gallery' helps addicts in Europe's richest country
Far from the glitzy bank buildings and boutiques in Luxembourg city sits a run-down prefab building behind the railway station that shows another side to Europe's richest country. (medicalxpress.com, 07.05.2018)
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-05-gallery-addicts-europe-richest-country.html
Australien. Melbourne's first safe injecting room, clean, sterile and 'will save lives'
Up to 300 people a day are expected to use Victoria's first medically supervised drug injecting room when it opens in the coming days.
The Victorian Government committed to a two-year trial at the North Richmond Community Health Centre, after three separate coroners called for a supervised space.
Mental Health Minister Martin Foley said it would save lives. (abc.net, Australien, 29.06.2018)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-29/safe-injecting-rooms-set-to-open-in-north-richmond/9925232
Overdose Prevention in New York City: Supervised Injection as a Strategy to Reduce Opioid Overdose and Public Injection
New York State Department of Health, 2018
http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/public/supervised-injection-report.pdf
Baden-Württemberg. Sozial-und Integrationsminister Manne Lucha begrüßt Entscheidung der CDU-Landtagsfraktion, kein Veto für Drogenkonsumraum in Karlsruhe einzulegen
(MINISTERIUM FÜR SOZIALES UND INTEGRATION, 15.06.2018)
http://www.suchtfragen.de/landesstellenbrief/2018/2018_05/PM056-Drogenkonsumraum.pdf
New York will Fixerstuben einrichten
New York – Wegen der wachsenden Zahl von Drogentoten in New York will Bürgermeister Bill de Blasio Fixerstuben in der US-Metropole einrichten. „Nach einer genauen Prüfung ähnlicher Anstrengungen in aller Welt und nach gewissenhafter Berücksichtigung der öffentlichen Gesundheit und der Sicht von Sicherheitsexperten glauben wir, dass Zentren zur Vorbeugung von Überdosen Leben retten werden“, schrieb de Blasio gestern im Kurzbotschaftendienst Twitter. (aerzteblatt.de, 04.05.2018)
https://www.aerzteblatt.de/nachrichten/94943/New-York-will-Fixerstuben-einrichten
Baden-Württemberg. Positionspapier zur Einführung von Drogenkonsumräumen in Baden-Württemberg
Die Landesstelle für Suchtfragen in Baden-Württemberg befürwortet die Einrichtung von Drogenkonsumräumen. (Landesstelle für Suchtfragen der Liga der freien Wohlfahrtspflege in Baden-
Württemberg e.V., Mai 2018)
https://www.suchtfragen.de/dokumente/stellungnahmen/2018-PositionspapierDKR.pdf
USA. De Blasio Moves to Bring Safe Injection Sites to New York City
Mayor Bill de Blasio is championing a plan that would make New York City a pioneer in creating supervised injection sites for illegal drug users, part of a novel but contentious strategy to combat the epidemic of fatal overdoses caused by the use of heroin and other opioids. (New York Times, 03.05.2018)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/03/nyregion/nyc-safe-injection-sites-heroin.html
Kanada. Victoria's first permanent supervised consumption site to open mid-June
A permanent answer to B.C.’s raging overdose epidemic could open in Victoria in the next two weeks, pending final federal government approval.
Victoria’s first brick-and-mortar supervised injection site is slated for a soft opening on June 14 with doors officially opening on June 18, according to officials with Our Place Society.
Island Health officials tell CTV News the opening is contingent on a final green light from the federal government. (vancouverisland.ctvnews, 05.06.2018)
USA. The Health 202: Supervised injection facilities are illegal in the United States. These cities want to open them anyway.
Several major cities are trying to open “safe injection sites” for drug abusers — even though they are technically illegal.(Washington Post, PowerPost, 30.04.2018)
EMCDDA. Drug consumption rooms: an overview of provision and evidence
Supervised drug consumption facilities, where illicit drugs can be used under the supervision of trained staff, have been operating in Europe for the last three decades. These facilities primarily aim to reduce the acute risks of disease transmission through unhygienic injecting, prevent drug-related overdose deaths and connect high-risk drug users with addiction treatment and other health and social services. (EMCDDA, Lissabon, 07.06.2018)
http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/topics/pods/drug-consumption-rooms
Karlsruhe stimmt für ersten Drogenkonsumraum
Karlsruhe – Die Stadt Karlsruhe will den ersten Drogenkonsumraum in Baden-Württemberg einrichten. Der Gemeinderat stimmte gestern für eine solche Anlaufstelle. In ihr sollen schwerst Drogenabhängige mitgebrachte Drogen wie Heroin und Kokain unter hygienischen Bedingungen konsumieren können. (aerzteblatt.de, 25.04.2018)
https://www.aerzteblatt.de/nachrichten/94723/Karlsruhe-stimmt-fuer-ersten-Drogenkonsumraum
UK. Home Office has 'no plans for fix rooms'
Home Office officials have said they cannot support the creation of "fix rooms" for drug addicts in Glasgow.
The department's drugs legislation team set out its reasons in a letter to Glasgow City Council, which has proposed the facility.
But the Home Office said it was aware of the public health benefits of drug consumption rooms. (BBC, 04.06.2018)
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-44357774
USA. Let Cities Open Safe Injection Sites
(New York Times, Editorial, 24.04.2018)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/24/opinion/sunday/drugs-safe-injection-sites.html
Schottland. Queen’s physician in Scotland, Roy Robertson, backs call for shooting galleries for drug addicts in Glasgow amid rise in HIV cases
The Queen’s physician in Scotland has accused the UK and Scottish governments of failing vulnerable drugs users and urged ministers to back shooting galleries allowing them to inject safely amid a rise in cases of HIV.
Roy Robertson, professor of addiction medicine at Edinburgh University and apothecary to the royal household in Scotland, said the Home Office decision to reject safe injecting rooms in Glasgow is indicative of a policy failure on a large scale. (The Sunday Times (Registrierung erforderlich), UK, 27.05.2018)
Schottland. Parliament backs creation of UK’s first drug consumption room in Glasgow
The Scottish Parliament has backed plans to create the UK’s first heroin “shooting gallery” in Glasgow city centre, allowing drug addicts to inject themselves in a safer environment. (inews.co.uk, 19.04.2018)
Kanada. Tent erected in Vancouver as a rebel supervised drug-use site is now one of the busiest in B.C.
A tent erected by volunteers off a Downtown Eastside alley as a temporary measure to deal with a surge in overdoses has become one of the busiest supervised drug-consumption sites in the province nearly 20 months later. (The Globe and Mail, Kanada, 23.05.2018)
Australien. Ice will be allowed in Melbourne safe injecting room
Drug users will be allowed to consume ice under medical supervision at Melbourne's new safe injecting room, despite previous state government assurances that it would be banned from the centre.
Users will be able to take up to three grams of drugs such as heroin or ice into the injecting centre without penalty.
The government released regulations for the North Richmond Centre late on Tuesday afternoon that revealed there will be no restriction on the drugs of dependence that can be used in the injecting room. (The Age, Australien, 10.04.2018)
Stellenwert von Drogenkonsumräumen im Gesamt-Versorgungskonzept für Heroinabhängige
Eva Gesigora, Kristin Hagemann (INDRO, Drogenhilfezentrum Münster)
Präsentation (Folien) von der DSÄ-Fortbildungsveranstaltung vom 14.04. in Köln-Sürth
UK. Campaign for legal drug-taking rooms in London as figures reveal worst areas for heroin and morphine deaths
Campaigners have called for radical new policies to tackle drug abuse in London as new figures revealed the worst boroughs for heroin and morphine overdoses. (Evening Standard, UK, 07.04.2018)
Evidence and Issues Concerning Drug Consumption Rooms (May 21, 2018).
Fortson, Rudi and McCulloch, Liz,
Queen Mary School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 279/2018, (May 21, 2018).
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3182568
Schottland. Don't 'condemn Glasgow drug addicts to death fix room plea
IF Glasgow is not allowed to open a safe drug injecting facility it would be “condemning to death” addicts who desperately need help, councillors have heard.
Glasgow City Council united behind a bid to create the first safe drug injecting room in the UK in the city centre.
The facility that would allow addicts to bring drugs to a supervised facility got the backing of all parties as the council voted to invite the Home Secretary to Glasgow to see the need for urgent action. (Evening Times, Glasgow, 05.04.2018)
Schottland. Glasgow confirms 'shooting gallery' site for drug users has been chosen
THE controversial ‘fix room’ for heroin addicts to legally inject will be sited in one of Glasgow’s most deprived areas, social work chiefs have comfirmed. (The Herald, 10.05.2018)
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