Chris0nllyn
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At the end of April, physicians who set policy for the Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS) will vote on a recommendation that the group advocate for a supervised injection facility (SIF) pilot program in Massachusetts. The recommendation was approved by a unanimous vote of the board of trustees in February.
There no such SIFs, also known as a supervised drug consumption facility, in the U.S., although Seattle and King County in Washington plan to open two. In Massachusetts, the medical society conducted a feasibility study. It found that patients who use SIFs in Vancouver and Australia are less likely to overdose and die and more likely to seek treatment than are drug users who do not use in supervised settings.
http://www.wbur.org/commonhealth/2017/04/05/supervised-injection-facility-debate
http://www.king5.com/news/local/inside-the-vancouver-bc-injection-site/402456112Vancouver, British Columbia has had the safe injection site since 2003. The center’s leaders said no one has ever died from an overdose on-site in the 3.5 million visits.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life...prevent-drug-overdose-deaths/article19703496/Since the Sydney MSIC opened, 14,410 clients have made more than 860,000 visits, a numerical reminder that people who inject drugs do so frequently.
There have been 4,397 overdoses – but not one death.