Irland. Ireland's first medically supervised injection facility to open  Ireland's first medically supervised injection facility is due to open its doors this month at Merchant Quay Ireland's Riverbank centre in Dublin city centre. (RTE - Radi…

USA. An NYC nonprofit has reversed 1,700 overdoses since 2021. Under Trump, it faces an uncertain future NEW YORK — Shawn has spent the better part of the last hour injecting fentanyl. But he is not in any danger: After a brief scare, when his hear…

Schottland. Glasgow opens UK's first safer drug consumption facility  The UK's first safer drug consumption facility opens in Glasgow on Monday, 13 January.  Based at the Hunter Street Health and Care Centre, the facility - to be known a…

Schottland. Inside the UK's first legal drug consumption room Welcome to the Thistle - the UK's first and only drug consumption room. After nearly a decade of deadlock and wrangling over drug laws the centre is finally ready to open. On Monday it…

USA. As OPC Opens in Rhode Island, the US Still Lags Far Behind Rhode Island has made history by opening the United States’ first overdose prevention center (OPC) that’s sanctioned by a state government. (Filter, USA, 12.12.2024) https://filtermag…

Kanada. Ontario’s Unconscionable Supervised Consumption Sites Shutdown On December 2, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Canada, passed a law that will shut down 10 supervised drug consumption sites (SCS). It’s an assault on harm reduction in the…