Supervised injection facilities as harm reduction: a systematic review

TW Levengood, GH Yoon, MJ Davoust… - American journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Context Supervised injection facilities are harm reduction interventions that allow people
who inject drugs to use previously obtained substances under the supervision of health …

Supervised injection services: what has been demonstrated? A systematic literature review

C Potier, V Laprévote, F Dubois-Arber… - Drug and alcohol …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Supervised injection services (SISs) have been developed to promote
safer drug injection practices, enhance health-related behaviors among people who inject …

Public health and public order outcomes associated with supervised drug consumption facilities: a systematic review

MC Kennedy, M Karamouzian, T Kerr - Current Hiv/aids Reports, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Supervised drug consumption facilities (SCFs) have
increasingly been implemented in response to public health and public order concerns …

Hospitals as a 'risk environment': an ethno-epidemiological study of voluntary and involuntary discharge from hospital against medical advice among people who …

R McNeil, W Small, E Wood, T Kerr - Social science & medicine, 2014 - Elsevier
People who inject drugs (PWID) experience high levels of HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C (HCV)
infection that, together with injection-related complications such as non-fatal overdose and …

Cost-effectiveness of distributing naloxone to heroin users for lay overdose reversal

PO Coffin, SD Sullivan - Annals of internal medicine, 2013 - acpjournals.org
This article has been corrected. The original version (PDF) is appended to this article as a
Supplement. Chinese translation Background: Opioid overdose is a leading cause of …

The value of harm reduction for injection drug use: A clinical and public health ethics analysis

L Vearrier - Disease-a-Month, 2019 - Elsevier
The US is facing dual public health crises related to opioid overdose deaths and HIV.
Injection drug use is fueling both of these epidemics. The War on Drugs has failed to stem …

“People knew they could come here to get help”: an ethnographic study of assisted injection practices at a peer-run 'unsanctioned'supervised drug consumption room …

R McNeil, W Small, H Lampkin, K Shannon, T Kerr - AIDS and Behavior, 2014 - Springer
People who require help injecting are disproportionately vulnerable to drug-related harm,
including HIV transmission. North America's only sanctioned SIF operates in Vancouver …

Naloxone's role in the national opioid crisis—past struggles, current efforts, and future opportunities

AS Bennett, L Elliott - Translational Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Over the past 25 years, naloxone has emerged as a critical lifesaving overdose antidote.
Public health advocates and community activists established early methods for naloxone …

Estimated drug overdose deaths averted by North America's first medically-supervised safer injection facility

MJS Milloy, T Kerr, M Tyndall, J Montaner, E Wood - PLoS One, 2008 - journals.plos.org
Background Illicit drug overdose remains a leading cause of premature mortality in urban
settings worldwide. We sought to estimate the number of deaths potentially averted by the …

[图书][B] Drug policy

A Ritter - 2021 - taylorfrancis.com
Taking a multidisciplinary perspective (including public health, sociology, criminology, and
political science amongst others) and using examples from across the globe, this book …