Drug consumption rooms: A systematic review of evaluation methodologies

V Belackova, AM Salmon, CA Day… - Drug and Alcohol …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Issues Drug consumptions rooms (DCR) and supervised injecting facilities (SIF) are
expanding internationally. Previous reviews have not systematically addressed evaluation …

[HTML][HTML] Mitigating the heroin crisis in Baltimore, MD, USA: a cost-benefit analysis of a hypothetical supervised injection facility

A Irwin, E Jozaghi, BW Weir, ST Allen, A Lindsay… - Harm reduction …, 2017 - Springer
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 …

“It's just not the same”: Exploring PWUD'perceptions of and experiences with drug policy and SCS services change in a Canadian City

C Greene, K Maier, MM Urbanik - International Journal of Drug Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Background and Aims Shifting political contexts can significantly alter drug policy
approaches and available supports for People Who Use Drugs (PWUD). The purpose of this …

[HTML][HTML] Experiences with compounding surveillance and social control as a barrier to safe consumption service access

C Greene, MM Urbanik, R Geldart - SSM-qualitative research in health, 2022 - Elsevier
Barriers to accessing supervised consumption services are well documented in the
literature. Police and security presence in the areas surrounding these sites are two such …

A qualitative comparison of how people who use drugs' perceptions and experiences of policing affect supervised consumption services access in two cities

MM Urbanik, K Maier, C Greene - International Journal of Drug Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Police presence near Supervised Consumption Services (SCS) and
other harm reduction services has been shown to hamper access to these critical facilities …

A cost-benefit analysis of a potential supervised injection facility in San Francisco, California, USA

A Irwin, E Jozaghi, RN Bluthenthal… - Journal of Drug …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
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 …

Operational and contextual barriers to accessing supervised consumption services in two Canadian cities

MM Urbanik, C Greene - International Journal of Drug Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Background and Aims While previous scholarship has documented barriers to
Supervised Consumption Services (SCS) access, little is known about how Non-SCS-users …

Between zero risk and harm reduction: an ethnography of Montreal supervised injection services as a public policy instrument

R Paumier - International Journal of Drug Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
Background While much has been written about the positive individual and collective effects
of Supervised injection services (SIS), notably on health and drug-related harm, little …

[HTML][HTML] Cost-effectiveness of drug consumption rooms in France: a modelling study

A Cousien, C Donadille, LB Madrid, G Maradan… - BMC public health, 2024 - Springer
Background People who inject drugs (PWID) experience many health problems which result
in a heavy economic and public health burden. To tackle this issue, France opened two drug …

[PDF][PDF] SSM-Qualitative Research in Health

C Greene, MM Urbanik, R Geldart - researchgate.net
Barriers to accessing supervised consumption services are well documented in the
literature. Police and security presence in the areas surrounding these sites are two such …