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- UK. Supervised Injection Facilities: Saving lives, making communities safer
Australien. Lessons from the heroin injecting room
(...) In the more than 18 years since it opened, there have been more than one million injections supervised. In that time there has been 8000 overdoses – but there has not been one single death. (The Age, Australien, 16.01.2019)
https://www.theage.com.au/national/nsw/lessons-from-the-heroin-injecting-room-20190115-p50rec.html
Mobile supervised consumption services in Rural British Columbia: lessons learned
Silvina C. Mema, Gillian Frosst, Jessica Bridgeman, Hilary Drake, Corinne Dolman, Leslie Lappalainen and Trevor Corneil
Harm Reduction Journal 2019, 16:4, doi.org/10.1186/s12954-018-0273-3
https://harmreductionjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12954-018-0273-3
Opinion of health professionals and drug users before the forthcoming opening of the first drug consumption room in Paris: a quantitative cross-sectional study
Grégoire Cleirec, Maeva Fortias, Vanessa Bloch, Virgile Clergue-Duval, Frank Bellivier, Thomas Dusouchet, Céline Debaulieu and Florence Vorspan
Harm Reduction Journal 2018, 15:53 | Published on: 25 October 2018, doi.org/10.1186/s12954-018-0260-8
https://harmreductionjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12954-018-0260-8
Rigidity, dyskinesia and other atypical overdose presentations observed at a supervised injection site, Vancouver, Canada
Mai-Lei Woo Kinshella, Tim Gauthier and Mark Lysyshyn
Harm Reduction Journal2018, 15:64, doi.org/10.1186/s12954-018-0271-5
https://harmreductionjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12954-018-0271-5
Kanada. Ontario government to keep overdose-prevention sites
The Ontario government has decided to keep the province’s overdose-prevention sites and repurpose them as “consumption and treatment services,” a senior government official says. (Globe and mail, Kanda, 21.10.2018)
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-ontario-government-to-keep-overdose-prevention-sites/
Australien/Canberra. Why 'stagnating' injecting room laws could finally be put to use
The people behind the ACT's initial push to open a safe injecting room almost 20 years ago say the current proposal is well overdue.
A drug strategy report released this week flagged the possibility of Canberra finally getting a supervised injecting room, almost decades after legislation was passed. (The Age, Australien, 15.12.2018)
Irland. First ever state-funded heroin injection centre will cater for 60 addicts a day
The planned new State-funded injecting centre for chronic heroin and cocaine addicts in Dublin’s inner city is to cater for around 60 addicts each day and is to open at 6.30 each morning. (Irish Examiner, Irland, 22.10.2018)
USA. Joint Statement of the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the Denver Field Office of the Drug Enforcement Administration regarding the City and County of Denver’s Proposal to Create Supervised Locations to Inject Heroin and Other Illegal Drugs
DENVER -- The Denver City Council recently passed an ordinance that proposes establishing supervised use sites, where drug users would be allowed to lawfully inject heroin and other illegal drugs in a facility operated by a governmental organization or a nonprofit. This proposal still has a number of steps to go before it becomes a reality. In the meantime, there are a few things Coloradans should know.
Foremost, the operation of such sites is illegal under federal law. 21 U.S.C. Sec. 856 prohibits the maintaining of any premises for the purpose of using any controlled substance. Potential penalties include forfeiture of the property, criminal fines, civil monetary penalties up to $250,000, and imprisonment up to 20 years in jail for anyone that knowingly opens, leases, rents, maintains, or anyone that manages or controls and knowingly and intentionally makes available such premises for use (whether compensated or otherwise). Other federal laws likely apply as well. (Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Colorado, 04.12.2018)
USA. Safer Consumption Spaces: Three Underground Models
“For years, the idea of a safe consumption space captivated the imagination of drug users everywhere,” says Isaac Jackson, president of the San Francisco chapter of the Urban Survivors Union. “It was like the promised land. A place where we would take care of each other and no one would get busted or get sick or die from an overdose. I hope folks aren’t going to get too disappointed when they finally open.” (Filter, USA, 18.10.2018)
Irland. Medically Supervised Injecting Facility -- Information booklet
What is a Medically Supervised Injecting Facility (MSIF)?
A Medically Supervised Injecting Facility (MSIF) is a healthcare facility where people can inject drugs, obtained elsewhere, under the supervision of trained health professionals. They offer a compassionate, person-centred service which reduces the harm associated with injecting drug use and can help people access appropriate services. (Merchants Quay Ireland, Dezember 2018)
https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/30081/1/MSIF-Booklet.pdf
USA. Feds bid to stop Philly safe injection site may be test for rest of U.S.
The options U.S. Attorney William McSwain described offered the most concrete outline yet of the federal government’s potential response should the proposal’s backers move forward on a supervised drug-injections site.
(...) “Nobody is above the law — and by that I mean nobody,” McSwain said. “I mean the leaders who would be involved in setting up this proposed deadly drug-injection site, the board members … the city officials who would be involved in supporting it, the medical personnel who might be staffing it or the folks who might be using the drugs.”(Seattle Times, USA, 13.10.2018)
Considering Heroin-Assisted Treatment and Supervised Drug Consumption Sites in the United States.
Kilmer, Beau, Jirka Taylor, Jonathan P. Caulkins, Pam A. Mueller, Allison J. Ober, Bryce Pardo, Rosanna Smart, Lucy Strang, and Peter H. Reuter
Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2018.
https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR2693.html
Berlin. UN-Vertreter ruft zu mehr Anstrengungen gegen Aids auf
Berlin – Der Vize-Chef des HIV/Aids-Programms der Vereinten Nationen, Tim Martineau, hat Deutschland zu mehr Anstrengungen im Kampf gegen Aids aufgefordert. Deutschland könne Neuinfektionen verhindern und durch Drogenkonsum verursachte Schäden vermindern, sagte er heute bei einem Besuch von Einrichtungen der Drogenhilfe in Berlin. (aerzteblatt.de, 15.10.2018)
https://www.aerzteblatt.de/nachrichten/98498/UN-Vertreter-ruft-zu-mehr-Anstrengungen-gegen-Aids-auf
USA. Times Square Billboards Urge Gov. Cuomo to "Give the Gift of Life" by Authorizing Overdose Prevention Centers
New York, NY: Advocates and family members who have lost loved ones to overdose blasted Gov. Cuomo in a series of billboards that began airing throughout Times Square on Giving Tuesday, pressing the Governor to "Give the Gift of Life" this holiday season by authorizing Overdose Prevention Centers. The centers, also known as safer consumption spaces (SCS), are a proven tool for preventing unnecessary and tragic overdose deaths. (drugpolicy.org, USA, 27.11.2018)
Drug consumption rooms (DCRs) as a setting to address hepatitis C - findings from an international online survey.
Belackova V, Salmon AM, Schatz E, Jauncey M.
Hepatol Med Policy. 2018 Aug 22;3:9. doi: 10.1186/s41124-018-0035-6.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6103962/
Finnland. Helsinki May Open Finland’s First Drug Consumption Room
Helsinki City Council has approved an initiative to consider the introduction of a safer drug consumption room (DCR) in the city, which would be Finland’s first. (Talking Drugs, UK, 19.11.2018)
https://www.talkingdrugs.org/helsinki-may-open-finlands-first-drug-consumption-room
USA. San Francisco mayor weighs drug injection site despite veto
SAN FRANCISCO—A veto by California Gov. Jerry Brown blocking a supervised drug injection site in San Francisco has left the mayor deciding whether to go it alone on the issue.
Driven in part by a family tragedy, Mayor London Breed has long pledged to open what could be the first such site in the country to provide space for people to inject drugs and a “chill” room where they could recover. (The Star, Kanada, 02.10.2018)
USA. Denver trying again for possible 1st US drug injection site
Despite federal opposition, Denver is trying again to become what could be the first U.S. city to open a supervised drug injection site, a strategy that some liberal cities have tried repeatedly to launch to reduce overdose deaths fueled by a nationwide opioid epidemic. (MedicalXpress, USA, 27.11.2018)
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-11-denver-1st-drug-site.html
USA. ‘An argument that made no sense at all’: Why Ed Rendell supported needle exchange during the AIDS epidemic and safe injection sites today
On Tuesday, former Gov. Ed Rendell announced that he is incorporating a nonprofit, called Safehouse, that will work to open a safe injection site in the city. Responding to a recent threat by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein that federal law enforcement would crack down on a site if one were to open, Rendell told WHYY: "My address is in the offices of the Bellevue and he [Rosenstein] can come and arrest me first." (The Philadelphia Inquirer, USA, 05.10.2018)
USA. Service Workers Say Supervised Injection Facilities Could Cut Restroom Overdoses
(Reuters Health) - During interviews about opioid overdoses in public restrooms, New York City service industry workers said they supported the idea of supervised injection facilities because such facilities might reduce injection drug use in their workplaces, researchers report. (medscape, 18.11.2018)
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/904949
USA. 'Come And Arrest Me': Former Pa. Governor Defies Justice Department On Safe Injection
In Philadelphia, a battle between local officials and the Trump administration is heating up. (NPR – National Public Radio, USA, 05.10.2018)
Perspectives on supervised injection facilities among service industry employees in New York City: A qualitative exploration.
Wolfson-Stofko B, Elliott L, Bennett AS, Curtis R, Gwadz M.
Int J Drug Policy. 2018 Oct 22;62:67-73. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2018.08.016.
Abstract
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0955395918302500
Schweiz. Lausanne eröffnet zweiten Fixerraum in der Romandie
Nach jahrelangem politischen Widerstand können Süchtige in Lausanne bald in einem sauberen und geschützten Rahmen illegale Drogen konsumieren. Am Montag wird dort das erste "Fixerstübli" eröffnet. (swissinfo.ch, 28.09.2018)
https://www.swissinfo.ch/ger/lausanne-eroeffnet-zweiten-fixerraum-in-der-romandie/44433806
Griechenland. Greece Health Ministry Plans Drug Consumption Rooms
The Greek health ministry is preparing a legislative amendment to permit the opening of drug consumption rooms in Athens, after a university’s claim that it’s overwhelmed by widespread public drug use. (Talking Drugs, UK, 14.11.2018)
https://www.talkingdrugs.org/greece-health-ministry-plans-drug-consumption-rooms
USA. California's Jerry Brown rejects supervised drug injection plan
California Gov. Jerry Brown rejected legislation on Sunday that would have allowed San Francisco to open what could be the nation's first supervised drug injection site under a pilot program. Advocates of "safe injection" sites say the locations would save lives by preventing drug overdoses and providing access to counseling.
But the U.S. government and other critics say taxpayers should not be helping users shoot up heroin, methamphetamine or other illegal drugs. (CBS News, USA, 01.10.2018)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/californias-jerry-brown-rejects-supervised-drug-injection-plan/
USA. 'Dozens' of underground heroin-injection sites operating now in King County
Shilo Jama showed us the needle exchange he runs in Seattle's University District.
The supplies, including needles and naloxone, are not all that different from what he found when he visited underground supervised consumption sites in and around Seattle.
Jama said his organization, the People's Harm Reduction Alliance, has no role in running the illegal supervised consumption sites. (KIRO7, USA, 12.11.2018)
USA. Special Response: Over 100 Researchers and Practitioners Respond to Rod Rosenstein on Safe Injection Sites
In response to the current opioid crisis a number of cities in the United States are considering establishing safe injection sites for users of heroin and other illegal drugs. This is not a new idea. Cities in Canada and Europe currently have them, including a successful program in Vancouver. Safe injection sites provide a place for people to inject illicit drugs under medical supervision. In addition to a clean and warm space, they typically offer sterile injecting equipment and basic healthcare. Many also provide referrals to treatment, housing and other services. Critically, all safe injection sites include trained staff to respond to overdose, leading many experts to refer to them as “overdose prevention sites,” to better reflect this core aim. (Alcohol and Drugs History Society, USA, 20.09.2018)
Schottland. Scottish Government continues push for safe drug consumption room in Glasgow
THE Scottish Government has pledged to keep pushing the UK Government to allow it to set up a trial consumption room in Glasgow. (The National, Schottland, 11.11.2018)
Karlsruhe. Diakonie eröffnet ersten Alkoholkonsumraum für Suchtkranke
Karlsruhe – Der landesweit erste Alkoholkonsumraum für Suchtkranke ist heute in Karlsruhe eröffnet worden. In dem „Alkohol Akzeptierenden Aufenthaltsraum“ der Diakonie – so der offizielle Name – können Betroffene selbst mitgebrachtes Bier oder Wein trinken, aber nichts Hochprozentiges wie Schnaps. Zudem können Betroffene mit Sozialarbeitern sprechen. Die Örtlichkeit ist, zusammen mit dem vom nächstem Jahr an ebenfalls in Karlsruhe geplanten ersten Drogenkonsumraum im Südwesten, Teil des Konzepts zur Entschärfung der Situation am Karlsruher Werderplatz. (aerzteblatt.de, 21.09.2018)
Irland. Injecting centre for heroin and cocaine addicts will damage tourism, publicans warn
Plans have been lodged for the redevelopment of Merchant’s Quay that will include seven medically supervised injecting rooms. (Dublin live, 08.11.2018)
https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/injecting-centre-heroin-cocaine-addicts-15385124
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