“We’ve lost a lot of lives:” the impact of the closure of North America’s busiest supervised consumption site on people who use substances and the organizations that work with them
Abstract Background Supervised Consumption Sites (SCS) are an evidence-based harm reduction intervention that reduces the risk of fatal drug poisonings. However, these approaches have faced political opposition in Canada, resulting in the closures of SCS in some provinces. Our study examines the aft...
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| Main Authors: | Morgan Magnuson, Shannon Vandenberg, Tracy Oosterbroek, Kevin Dey |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2025-06-01
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| Series: | Harm Reduction Journal |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-025-01251-7 |
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