Supervised injection facilities in Canada: past, present, and future
Abstract 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 advocated for the creation of supervised injection facilities (SIFs), and after several unsanctioned SIFs operated br...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-05-01
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Series: | Harm Reduction Journal |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12954-017-0154-1 |