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Study of secret supervised injection site shows public health benefits of monitored drug use -- (link*)

Posted by znufrii, silly old man (aka znufrii) Jul 8 '20, 16:46

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Across 10,000 visits over five years, there were 33 opioid overdoses, all of which were successfully reversed with naloxone (www.theguardian.com)

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Did we really need a secret site? Other countries have these with proven benefits. -- nm - Mop Jul 8, 17:53 2
- it took years of fighting in Vancouver to get it opened there, even with all the studies from elsewhere, then constant fighting to keep it open. - mafic Jul 8, 18:56
- If they wanted to run the study without the chance of it being shut down, yeah. -- nm - znufrii, silly old man Jul 8, 18:15
Well duh. But no one is going to want it in their neighborhood. -- nm - spamlet Jul 8, 17:18

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