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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Main Authors: Thomas Kerr, Sanjana Mitra, Mary Clare Kennedy, Ryan McNeil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-05-01
Series:Harm Reduction Journal
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12954-017-0154-1