Background Housing environments shape injection drug-related risks and harms and thus
represent a critical implementation setting for syringe services programs (SSPs). As critical …

Although there have been repeated calls for the establishment of safe injection facilities
(SIFs) in Vancouver since the early 1990s, questions remain concerning the feasibility of …

Canada's federal government has once again failed to shut North America's only authorized
supervised injection facility: Insite. A majority ruling issued by the BC Court of Appeal on 15 …

In 1997 a public health emergency was declared in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside by the
local health authority. To date, the response by provincial and federal health policymakers …

Background: HIV and other medical complications of drug use, including overdose, are
rising among people who inject drugs in the United States (US). Risk of complications and …

Background While supervised injection services (SIS) feasibility research has been
conducted in large urban centres across North America, it is unknown whether these …

Estimated and potential medical costs of treating patients infected with human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in urban areas of high HIV prevalence have not been well …

Background: In several European countries safer injecting rooms have reduced the public
disorder and health-related problems of injection drug use. We explored factors associated …

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 …

Owing to the ongoing health crisis among injection drug users in Vancouver, Canada, there
have been repeated calls for the establishment of supervised injection sites (SIS) since the …