Holland, Adam and Harris, Magdalena and Hickman, Matthew and Lewer, Dan and Shorter, Gillian W and Horsley, Jason and Powell, Martin and Rae, Maggie (2022) Overdose prevention centres in the UK. The Lancet Public Health, 7, (3), e196-e197. doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(22)00038-X.
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Comment: In response to the drug related death crisis in the UK, more than 80 prominent medical, academic, and third sector organisations have called for the introduction of pilot overdose prevention centres (also called drug consumption rooms). The government, however, has repeatedly indicated it has no plans to introduce them, and overdose prevention centres are not mentioned in it's 10-year drug strategy. Here, we question the arguments used to defend this position with relevance for other countries debating the introduction of overdose prevention centres...
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Harm reduction > Substance use harm reduction
L Social psychology and related concepts > Physical context, location or place > Safe spaces (injecting facilities / centre / consumption rooms)
MP-MR Policy, planning, economics, work and social services > Policy > Policy on substance use > Harm reduction policy
VA Geographic area > Europe > United Kingdom
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