Alarms, overdoses and saving lives: Two days in UK's first drug injection room
The alarm is sounding in the UK's first drug consumption room. A man in his 30s has overdosed in the "using space" – a room ...
‘We’ve Lost Our Way’: San Francisco Rethinks Drug Paraphernalia Handouts
Daniel Lurie, the city’s new mayor, is scaling back a program that gives away clean foil, pipes and plastic straws for ...
Most supervised consumption sites that were set to close won’t offer service despite injunction. Here’s why
The nine sites, four of which are in Toronto, were given the opportunity to convert into Homelessness, Addiction and Recovery ...
Inside the UK's first drug consumption room
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Despite injunction, advocates worry Ontario drug consumption sites risk closing without funding
Harm reduction workers and advocates are celebrating a court injunction that will temporarily keep 10 supervised drug ...
Which of Ontario’s supervised drug consumption sites are closing, and which will stay open?
The Ford government’s laws on harm reduction and addiction are forcing several facilities to shut down, from Kitchener and ...
Ontario opens homelessness and addiction hubs, replacing consumption sites near schools and daycares
The Ontario government announced it opened nine Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment (HART) Hubs Tuesday, replacing ...
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The final days
The day she was due to open the doors to Kitchener’s supervised drug consumption site, Violet Umanetz went into the supply cupboard and had a little cry. Like so many places, her Southwestern ...
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Ice Creams And Cold Drinks Unfit For Consumption, FDA Flags Use Of Detergent And Phosphoric Acid
Nearly half of Karnataka’s local ice cream, ice candy, and cool drink manufacturing units have been flagged by the Food ...
Ontario supervised consumption sites can remain open as judge grants reprieve, citing ‘significant harm’ of closures
Injunction says sites can be open past the April 1 deadline, including the site in Toronto’s Kensington Market that launched ...
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Drug consumption room has saved several lives so far say staff
Glasgow’s safer drug consumption room has saved several lives by preventing overdoses in the first three months, the centre’s manager has said. Since it opened its doors in early January the Thistle ...
Few addicts referred for treatment after using SNP’s drug consumption room
Only a small proportion of drug users at the SNP’s legalised consumption room have been referred for recovery treatment, it ...