Background As one strategy to improve the health and survival of people who inject drugs,
the King County Heroin & Opioid Addiction Task Force recommended the establishment of …

Abstract Background In Baltimore, MD, as in many cities throughout the USA, overdose rates
are on the rise due to both the increase of prescription opioid abuse and that of fentanyl and …

Supervised injection facilities (SIFs) have been shown to reduce infection, prevent overdose
deaths, and increase treatment uptake. The United States is in the midst of an opioid …

Background The opioid epidemic in the United States has resulted in over 42,000 US opioid
overdose fatalities in 2016 alone. In New York City (NYC) opioid overdoses have reached a …

Background This paper will determine whether expanding Insite (North America's first and
only supervised injection facility) to more locations in Canada such as Montreal, cost less …

Abstract Background Supervised injection facilities (SIFs) are venues where people who
inject drugs (PWID) have access to a clean and medically supervised environment in which …

Background Overdose deaths have increased dramatically in the United States, including in
Rhode Island. In July 2021, the Rhode Island government passed legislation supporting a …

Context Supervised injection facilities are harm reduction interventions that allow people
who inject drugs to use previously obtained substances under the supervision of health …

While the public health benefits of supervised injection facilities (SIFs) have been well
documented, there is a lack of research examining the views of injection drug users (IDU) …

BACKGROUND: A supervised injection facility (SIF) has been established in North America:
Insite, in Vancouver, British Columbia. The purpose of this paper is to conduct a cost …