In areas of our country struggling with addiction, public health officials are considering opening facilities where drug users can use heroin and other illegal drugs under medical supervision. While ...
As drug-related deaths rise to record numbers, at least a dozen U.S. cities are considering opening supervised injection sites, where people can use illicit drugs with trained staff present, ready to ...
Given that HCV is a bloodborne virus, any circumstance that promotes continued drug injection—including failure to prevent or diagnose and adequately treat substance use disorders—can result in ...
BOSTON — As overdoses impact people across Massachusetts, the DPH released a report mid-week that supports so-called overdose prevention centers or supervised injection sites, where individuals can ...
Editor's note February 21, 2019: This story has been updated to reflect the fact that a study mentioned in the piece, published by the International Journal of Drug Policy in August 2018, has since ...
As drug-related deaths rise to record numbers, at least a dozen U.S. cities are considering opening supervised injection sites, where people can use illicit drugs with trained staff present, ready to ...