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IN PRACTICE 2005 PDF file 813Kb
Wet day centres in Britain part 2: Care Control Challenge
Part 2 of our mini-series on wet day centres in Britain will ring bells not just for alcohol workers but also for drug workers in needle exchanges and drop-in services. Maureen Crane and Tony Warnes analyse what it takes to work productively in one of the most challenging of settings.
SERIES OF ARTICLES 2005 PDF file 1935Kb
Wet day centres in Britain
In drug and alcohol services, it doesn't get more difficult than this – offering street drinkers a place where they can start to reverse years of deterioration, without having first to stop drinking.
STUDY 2005 PDF file 149Kb
Syringe sharing cut by two-thirds after injecting room opens
After showing that the safer injecting facility in Vancouver benefited the community by reducing public injecting and injection-related litter, researchers have now shown that it also safeguarded its users by cutting the number who shared syringes by two-thirds.
STUDY 2006 PDF file 159Kb
No major 'honeypot' effect after injecting centre opens
Australia's only safer injecting centre did not (as feared before its opening) attract large numbers of drug users and dealers to the neighbourhood or aggravate associated local crime and nuisance.
STUDY 2011 HTM file
Reduction in overdose mortality after the opening of North America's first medically supervised safer injecting facility: a retrospective population-based study
The safer injecting facility in Vancouver prevented overdose deaths but only in areas nearest the service, suggesting that often several facilities will be needed to make a city-wide impact.
STUDY 2010 HTM file
The impact of a supervised injecting facility on ambulance call-outs in Sydney, Australia
Evidence that the supervised injecting centre which opened in 2001 in Sydney’s ‘red light’ district resulted in fewer opioid overdoses requiring an ambulance, relieving pressure on emergency services.
STUDY 2014 HTM file
Self-reported changes in drug use behaviors and syringe disposal methods following the opening of a supervised injecting facility in Copenhagen,
Denmark
According to clients of this Danish drug consumption room, access to a safe injecting facility reduced their public injecting and unsafe syringe disposal.
REVIEW 2015 HTM file
Drug consumption rooms: an overview of provision and evidence
The European Union’s drug misuse monitoring centre says the evidence contradicts concerns that facilities where drug users can more safely use illegal drugs might counterproductively encourage drug use, delay treatment entry, or aggravate problems arising from local drug markets; instead both the users and the community benefit.
MATRIX CELL 2017 HTM file
Drug Matrix cell A1: Interventions; Reducing harm
Seminal and key studies on the effectiveness of harm reduction interventions such as needle exchanges.
REVIEW 2018 HTM file
Drug consumption rooms: an overview of provision and evidence
Refreshing its overview of the use of drug consumption rooms, the European Union’s drug misuse monitoring centre says the evidence still contradicts concerns that such facilities encourage drug use, delay treatment entry, or aggravate problems arising from local drug markets – finding instead that both the users and the community stand to benefit.
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