It sounds whack, but safe injection sites are a proven public health intervention. As we mark International Overdose Awareness Day on August 31, California is on the verge of taking a serious, yet controversial, step to cut down on drug deaths. A b…

Organizers say they can't do their work on a 'day-to-day approval' basis and want to serve the area long-term. (CBC News, Toronto, 13.08.2018) http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/we-had-people-waiting-for-the-tent-to-open-unsanctioned-injection-s…

Addressing the Nation’s Opioid Epidemic: Lessons from an Unsanctioned Supervised Injection Site in the U.S. Kral, Alex H. et al. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Article in Press doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2017.06.010 http://www.ajpm…

(...) In an effort to consider promising strategies that could reduce the health and societal problems associated with injection drug use, the AMA today voted to support the development of pilot facilities where people who use intravenous drugs can…

Lives have been saved at site run by a social service agency in an undisclosed city, according to newly released data, in an effort to battle the overdose epidemic. (The Guardian, UK, 08.08.2017) https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/aug/08/secr…

Vancouver is ground zero of a radical approach to drug treatment - let addicts use. (BBC, 07.08.2017) http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40828608