Perspective: Supervised consumption sites—a tool for reducing risk of overdose deaths and infectious diseases in people who use illicit drugs.
11 Apr, 2022 | 00:59h | UTCSupervised Consumption Sites—A Tool for Reducing Risk of Overdose Deaths and Infectious Diseases in People Who Use Illicit Drugs – JAMA (free for a limited period)
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NYC last fall opened the first 2 US supervised consumption sites, where people can use illicit drugs under the watchful eye of staff trained to reverse overdoses, but such centers have operated elsewhere—sometimes under the radar—for decades. https://t.co/mS7wLZd164
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