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 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 …

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 …

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 …

Background: Research predicting the public health and fiscal impact of Supervised Injection
Facilities (SIFs), across different cities in Canada, has reported positive results on the …

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 …

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: The cost-effectiveness of Canada's only supervised injection facility has not
been rigorously evaluated. We estimated the impact of the facility on survival, rates of HIV …

Background Supervised consumption rooms or supervised injection facilities (SIFs) are
venues that have reduced the risk of needle sharing and deaths caused by drug overdose …