OBJECTIVE: Poor injection practices transmit potentially life-threatening pathogens. We
modelled the cost-effectiveness of policies for the safe and appropriate use of injections in …

Background This article reports qualitative findings from a sample of 31 purposively chosen
injection drug users (IDUs) from Vancouver, Surrey and Victoria, British Columbia …

The continuing threat posed by HIV, HCV, drug overdose, and other injection-related health
problems in both the United States and Canada indicates the need for further development …

North America's only government-sanctioned supervised injection facility, Insite, has been
subjected to substantial research. This research has found evidence for numerous public …

Background Injection drug use (IDU) in nonurban areas of the United States is a growing
public health concern, but there has been no comprehensive assessment of existing …

Problem Illicit use of injected drugs is linked with high rates of HIV infection and fatal
overdose, as well as community concerns about public drug use. Supervised injecting …

In many cities, infectious disease and overdose epidemics are occurring among illicit
injection drug users (IDUs). To reduce these concerns, Vancouver opened a supervised …

Background: Although medically supervised safer injecting facilities (SIFs) remain untested
in North America, their implementation is currently being debated. Reluctance of health …

Canada has long contended with harms arising from injection drug use. In response to
epidemics of HIV infection and overdose in Vancouver in the mid-1990s, a range of actors …

Objectives. We examined relationships of spatial access to syringe exchange programs
(SEPs) and pharmacies selling over-the-counter (OTC) syringes with New York City drug …