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 …

Many Canadian cities are experiencing ongoing infectious disease and overdose epidemics
among injection drug users (IDUs). In particular, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and …

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

Abstract Background Supervised injection services (SISs) have been developed to promote
safer drug injection practices, enhance health-related behaviors among people who inject …

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 …

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

BACKGROUND: In recent years, there has been increased interest in supervised safer
injecting facilities (SIF) as a strategy to reduce the harms of illicit drug use; however, little …

BACKGROUND: In Western Europe and elsewhere, medically supervised safer injection
facilities (SIFs) are increasingly being implemented for the prevention of health-and …

The settings where drugs are injected represent a crucial dimension in the social structural
production of drug-related harm. While the use of supervised injecting facilities has been …

Many cities throughout the world are experiencing ongoing infectious disease and overdose
epidemics among illicit injection drug users (IDUs). In particular, HIV and hepatitis C virus …