safe injection
This Could Finally Be the First Drug Safe-Injection Site in the US
That is, if the feds and NIMBYs don’t block it.
Legit, Safe Places to Inject Heroin Are Closer Than Ever
A tool lots of other countries have tried is suddenly within reach in cities like Philadelphia.
The Justice Department said it will shut down "safe injection sites." Denver wants to open one anyway.
Denver just became one of several major U.S. cities to take the first steps in setting up a place for people to use illegal drugs under medical supervision.
Court-Imposed ‘Red Zones’ Are Ruining Drug Users’ Lives
Canada’s first in-depth study of release conditions found life-threatening consequences for users banned from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.
Inside a safe injection site that breaks the law but prevents overdoses
Toronto activists started an illegal safe injection site to prevent opioid overdoses.
Ottawa is about to get its first pop-up overdose prevention site
Ottawa harm reduction workers are set to open the city's first pop-up site in response to high opioid overdose rates
Toronto opens its first legal safe injection site
It’s a temporary measure that comes a week an illegal pop-up overdose prevention site was set up in Moss Park
Police allow Toronto's first pop-up overdose prevention site to open
Harm reduction workers plan to supervise every day as people consume drugs in a tent set up in Moss Park.
Toronto is getting its first pop-up safe drug injection site
Harm reduction workers say they can't wait for the legal sites to open in the fall
Toronto gets its first supervised drug consumption sites — three of them
It's the 7th one to get approvals in Canada in a week
Supervised Injection Sites Are on the Way. Here’s What They Look Like Now
The Canadian government announced Monday that it plans to ease the restrictions on setting up supervised-injection sites imminently. Until then, things don't look good on the ground level.
What It’s Like Saving Lives on the Front Lines of Canada’s Opioid Crisis
"Within the last 12-month period, we're looking at over 1,000 overdoses requiring the use of naloxone," says one of the operators of North America's first supervised injection site.