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Safe injection site - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Safe injection sites are places for intravenous injectors of illegal drugs to use their drugs in a controlled and monitored environment. Opponents state that sites send the message that the government promotes illegal drug use, and that the sites themselves are unnecessary, costly, and contribute to crime in the area which they are situated. In North America, the first safe injection site was established in Vancouver, British Columbia in the fall of 2003. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Safe_injection_site   (178 words)

Harm reduction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Methadone reduces heroin consumption and injection, reduces mortality related to heroin addiction, reduces the risk of infection with HIV as well as hepatitis B and C, improves therapeutic compliance of HIV-positive drug addicts, facilitates detection of illness and health education strategies and is associated with an improvement in socio-professional aptitude and a reduction in delinquency. "Safe injection rooms" are legally sanctioned, supervised facilities designed to reduce the health and public order problems associated with illegal injection drug use. Safe injection rooms provide sterile injection equipment, information about drugs and health care, treatment referrals, and access to medical staff. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Harms_reduction   (2242 words)

Safe injection site a success, organizers say: But most users refuse help: report The opening of the site was part of the so-called four pillars approach touted by now-Mayor Larry Campbell in his 2002 run for office. No deaths have occurred at the site, although between March 10 and Aug. 20, there were 107 overdoses among 72 clients. The opening of the safe injection site drew the ire of U.S. drug czar John Walters. www.dpna.org /drugnews/10-01-4.htm   (581 words)

Injection sites by Jan 1: Campbell-Nov 5, 2002 Lisa Redekop and Fiona Gold are among those fighting for safe injection sites in the downtown core. Campbell outlined his plan for safe injection sites the day after announcing that he would, if elected mayor, immediately implement a harm-reduction drug strategy to deal with the city's hard drug problem. Campbell said that German safe-injection sites impose a bubble zone around their safe-injection sites where all dealing is absolutely prohibited, and that's something local police might want to look at. www.missingpeople.net /2002-2/injection_sites_by_jan_campbell.htm   (1472 words)

Dr Bongs Weblog Entry - 06/25/2003: "safe-injection site wins police immunity"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) The goal of the safe injection site, the opening of which has dominated local municipal politics in the city for the past two years, is to reduce the high number of fatal drug overdoses and the transmission of infectious diseases such as hepatitis and HIV. Safe injection sites are part of the government-approved, four pillars approach to improving conditions in the area and trying to combat the terrible toll taken by widespread drug addiction. Safe injection sites have been in place, with generally positive results, in some European cities and Sydney, Australia, for several years. www.drbongs.com /news/archives/00000266.html   (663 words)

InSite - Supervised Injection Site - Health Services - Vancouver Coastal Health The BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS is conducting the scientific research project, with the goal of assessing whether an injection site will reduce the harm associated with injection drug use to individuals and the community. Along with the on-site coordinator, two registered nurses are present at all times with an addiction counselor and physician support available on-call. The SIS can accommodate up to several hundred injections each day as part of the scientific research pilot project, although the experience at similar sites in Australia and Europe suggest the user community will take a while to accept the concept of a legal injection facility site. www.vch.ca /sis   (646 words)

AlterNet: DrugReporter: Safe Injection Site Opening in Vancouver, BC Safe Injection Site Opening in Vancouver, BC By Kevin Nelson, AlterNet. The site will be exempt from federal drug laws to allow heroin and cocaine users to use it without fear of arrest. While the sites are credited with reducing overdose deaths and the spread of disease, specialists say the effect on addiction rates is unclear. www.alternet.org /drugreporter/16286   (1224 words)

B.C. crack addicts want government-funded pipe kits, safe place to smoke But she cautioned that a safe inhalation site isn't likely soon and would also require changes in the law to get an exemption to allow it to operate. The safe injection site received a grant of $1.5 million from Ottawa and $3.2 million from the provincial government. She said the priority was on injection drug users because of the many health issues they face unrelated to their addiction, such as HIV and hepatitis. www.dpna.org /resources/current/8-10-4.htm   (645 words)

Safe Injection Site Proposed   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) Safer injection sites can reduce the open use of drugs on the street and drug overdose. One idea is a supervised injection site or smoking room, like the one opened in Vancouver two years ago. Councillor Kyle Rae, who leads the city team, said supervised injection sites improve neighbourhoods battling with drug use, because they take users off the streets and into a safe place where they can access counselling and medical care. www.mapinc.org /drugnews/v05.n550.a06.html   (596 words)

Canada's safe haven for junkies - Salon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) The site is the de facto vanguard of an evolving "harm-reduction" strategy that the city of Vancouver hopes will help clean up the streets and halt a decade-long illicit-drug catastrophe that's killed more than 2,000 via overdose and infectious disease. Friendly and mild-mannered, Oleson is modest about her role; she emphasizes that staffing a safe-injection site with addicts' peers is vital to promoting its use. But it's quickly clear from the way everyone greets her that Oleson is revered by the dozens of patrons, up to 30 per night who inject drugs and another 70 to 100 who come in just for a little sanctuary. dir.salon.com /story/news/feature/2003/09/08/vancouver/index_np.html   (1093 words)

Scoop: Urban Jungle: Vancouver's Safe Injection Site It is now the site of one of the only legally sanctioned safe injection sites in North America where users can bring in the drug of their choice and use it with health professionals nearby. Opening a safe injection site does not in any way deal with drug trafficking, so further projects including heroin maintenance programs which supply the drug are also about to be initiated while enforcement continues to be a key pillar in the plan. Kerr also sees the safe injection site as the initial step in providing a comprehensive continuum of care and that it was never intended to be the panacea in the first place. www.scoop.co.nz /stories/HL0412/S00080.htm   (2906 words)

thetyee.ca Vancouver's Drug Experiment Winning Converts A year after opening North America’s first safe injection site for heroin users, Vancouver is expanding hours, arranging prescription heroin trials, and hoping to add a safe inhalation room for crack users. Safe injection sites and free clinical heroin will not only save addicts' lives, they will help prevent the spread of HIV and Hepatitus, they will help control the cost of our ICBC premiums, and save us tax $$ by not having to scour the alleys cleaning up used needles. I think that the debate about safe injection could be improved by a reiteration of the goal, which is harm reduction, not harm elimination. thetyee.ca /News/2004/10/26/VanDrugExpWinConverts   (4760 words)

CTV.ca | Vancouver's safe injection site nears capacity Vancouver's safe injection site is the first of its kind in North America and operators say it's already operating near capacity. The safe-injection site, which is funded by the government and being run as a pilot project, provides drug addicts with needles and allows them to shoot up in a controlled environment. An unsanctioned injection site opened in April as a protest over the perceived lack of progress in establishing the official site. ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1068341182436_42?hub=Canada   (352 words)

Safe Injection Site May Not Benefit City: Expert A major new study that claims safe injection sites provide immediate public health benefits and save money does not necessarily apply to Edmonton, said the city's deputy medical officer of health. Marcia Johnson said she is interested in looking at the idea of opening an injection site in the city, but she thinks the Vancouver study may not be applicable to Edmonton's drug scene. Health Canada has already issued guidelines for how safe injection drug sites should operate at pilot sites, likely in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal. www.aegis.com /news/ads/2003/AD030039.html   (658 words)

Vancouver Safe Injection Site Proves Popular   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) The two nurses at the site, which opened less than seven weeks ago, are overseeing about 450 drug injections a day. Mark Townsend of the Portland Hotel Society, which runs the site along with the health authority, said officials predicted it would take about six months for the site to have as many users as it currently has. The nurses prevented six deaths by drug overdose since the site opened on Sept. 15, according to Townsend. www.rense.com /general44/inj.htm   (164 words)

Drug Policy Alliance: Vancouver Mayor: Safe Injection Sites by March Safer injection rooms are legally sanctioned, supervised facilities designed to reduce the health and public order problems associated with illegal injection drug use. Safe injection rooms typically provide sterile injection equipment, information about drugs and health care, treatment referrals, and access to medical staff. A pilot safe injection room is currently underway in Sydney, Australia. www.lindesmith.org /news/12_19_02vancouver.cfm   (324 words)

Addicted Cities   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) The opening of a "safe injection site" last month is a small part of that strategy. Some attendees at a community forum held after the Toronto premiere of Fix voiced concerns that a safe injection site is nothing more than a shooting gallery, with the government turning a blind eye to the illegal activity. He said that by opening safe injection sites, addicts can be treated safely and with the dignity that a medical illness deserves. observer.thecentre.centennialcollege.ca /news/Addictedcities.htm   (762 words)

CBC News: Vancouver's safe-injection site a concern: UN The report concluded that the existence of the site, which is being partially funded by Health Canada for three years as a pilot project, means that Canada is violating international drug treaties it signed. The safe-injection site, which opened last year, is intended to give addicts a safe place and clean equipment to shoot up. The Vancouver Coastal Health Authority operates the site, and spokesman Clay Adams said the authority doesn't intend to change the way it operates as a result of the board's report. www.cbc.ca /stories/2004/03/02/canada/un_injection040302   (430 words)

Vancouver Safe Injection Site - Political Forums Safe injection sites typically provide sterile injection equipment, information about drugs and health care, treatment referrals, and access to medical staff. Safe injection sites are not a new idea. The conservative party values children, and wants them to be safe from a world of drugs, prostitution, and violence, while the NDP is the one fighting for the guy in the van, trying to seduce children in a playground. www.mapleleafweb.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=1216   (2548 words)

CANADA: Vancouver's Safe Site Popular with Junkies The roughly 5,000 heroin addicts in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside neighborhood prefer the city's first legal supervised safe injection site to drug use on the street, but some fear one such site is not enough. The injection site built an inhalation room, and the staff is lobbying for an exemption to let people smoke crack there. David Ramsay of Vancouver Native Health said the injection site enables addicts, and that it is wrong to fund the injection site when there is a shortage of detox beds. www.aegis.com /news/ads/2003/AD032693.html   (602 words)

CTV.ca | Training begins for first safe-injection site Staff will help gather data that will be used to monitor any changes in the health of people using the site, crime rates in the city and emergency-room traffic at area hospitals. They will be in an international spotlight when the safe-injection site opens and Zanocco said it doesn't want to add to the pressure or distract them from important training. Zanocco said one-third of the injection-drug users in the area have HIV and 80 to 90 per cent have hepatitis C. After years of debate and wrangling, the federal government approved funding for the experimental injection site earlier this year. www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1062019003912_14   (628 words)

Is Australia's safe injection site experiment bound for Vancouver? -- 164 (9): 1332 -- Canadian Medical Association ... Safe sites, which are staffed by health professionals, provide The site, in a former pinball arcade in a heavily safe sites] there will be less apparent drug use. www.cmaj.ca /cgi/content/full/164/9/1332-a   (361 words)

Study plays down fears over safe injection site Vancouver experiment doesn't increase hard drug use, researchers find @ ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) The supervised injection site, called Insite, is a pilot project started in 2003 to combat the high HIV and hepatitis C rates among drug users in the Downtown Eastside, an area that has been notorious for being Canada's worst skid row. Before the site's drug-law exemption expires, his team will look at whether the site decreases disease rates, overdose rates, and hospitalization, he said. City councillors from Victoria and Prince George, which are pondering their own injection sites, welcomed the study. www.workopolis.com /servlet/Content/qprinter/20060131/BCINJECTION31   (708 words)

Safe Injection Site Save   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) Vancouver Centre Tory candidate Tony Fogarassy said it is too early to tell whether the safe injection site is working, as it is a pilot project. He said there have been 197 overdoses on the site, which could have turned deadly if emergency treatment was not available. Fogarassy stopped short of saying he would defend the safe injection site if elected, insisting that more research was needed. www.mapinc.org /drugnews/v06/n067/a06.html   (364 words)

Safe injection site -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) Proponents argue that these spaces save lives and improve hygiene for injecting drug users and act as a harm reduction strategy for the community overall by reducing the prevalence of blood-borne diseases. Opponents state that sites send the message that the government promotes illegal drug use, and that the shooting galleries themselves are unnecessary, costly, and contribute to crime in the area which they are situated. In North America, the first safe injection site was established in Vancouver, British Columbia. psychcentral.com /psypsych/Safe_injection_site   (192 words)

North America's First Safe-Injection Site Opens Despite strong opposition from U.S. officials, the Canadian city of Vancouver, British Columbia, is opening safe-injection sites for heroin users, the Wall Street Journal reported April 1. Local health officials are hoping to curb the spread of HIV and Hepatitis C from intravenous-drug use and reduce the number of heroin deaths. The first safe-injection site is located in a clinic that treats people with HIV and AIDS. www.jointogether.org /news/headlines/inthenews/2003/north-americas-first-safe.html   (211 words)

CBC News: Researchers deem Vancouver's safe injection site a success   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) VANCOUVER - Vancouver's supervised drug injection site is making its Downtown Eastside a better place to live, according to a new study. Writing in Monday's issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal, researchers said they found an improvement in public order in the area since the safe injection site was opened more than a year ago. There had been concern the injection site would attract more drug dealers to the area, but that apparently hasn't happened. www.cbc.ca /story/science/national/2004/09/27/inject_site040927.html   (362 words)

VAncouver a Safe Injection Site a success :: Green Kingdom's Discussion Board VANCOUVER -- Another study has found North America's only safe injection site can be considered a qualified success after a year of operation. The report, which was also prepared by the centre, said the site now averages nearly 600 injections a day. The site, dubbed Insite, was opened Sept. 22, 2003, and has been given the go-ahead to operate on a three-year trial basis by all three levels of government. www.420-greenkingdom.com /cgi-bin/Blah/Blah.pl?b=HRN,m=1096570901   (295 words)

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