Tag: SCS
Saving Lives or “Promoting” Use? Judges to Decide Safehouse’s Purpose—And Future
The future of what could be the United States’ first legal safe consumption site ...
Safe Consumption Sites Could Save $4 Million Per Major US City Annually
A new report assessing nearly 50 studies on safe consumption sites (SCS) worldwide adds ...
Public Injection Isn’t the Problem—It’s Stigma and Prohibition
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo called for police to double down on the war ...
The Shameful Closure of North America’s Busiest Safe Consumption Site
We Canadians may like to think of ourselves as more progressive than our southern ...
Researchers Confirm the Lifesaving Power of a Safe Supply of Drugs
A team of researchers working at a clinic in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia has ...
California’s Huge Overdose Increase Didn’t Have to Happen
The overdose crisis has finally reached California, following a relative delay in the arrival ...
Philadelphia’s Latest Backward Step Is Nothing New
If the War on Drugs were seeking a motto, “One step forward, two steps ...
Safe Consumption Means Safe Inhalation, Too: An All-Inclusive Model
Methamphetamine-related harms vary across Canada. Our west coast has obviously been hit hard, as ...
Formerly Unhoused Bronx Congress Candidate Vows to Fight for Drug Users
Samelys López knows first-hand the inadequacy of New York City’s—and the nation’s—approach to housing. ...
Most Baltimore Primary Candidates Back Safe Consumption Sites
A survey released by Baltimore-based safe consumption site (SCS) advocacy group the BRIDGES (Baltimore ...
