Andy Clark / Reuters Supplies including syringes, bandages and antiseptic pads are stocked at a safe injection site in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 2006. Jerry Brown vetoed legislation Sunday that would have authorized a pilot program for the nation’s first safe injection site in San Francisco. But reducing drug addiction isn’t the primary function of safe injection sites ― the supervised spaces where people can inject drugs under medical supervision in hygienic facilities ― according to harm reduction experts. Safe injection sites also create an entry point into the health care system for people who inject drugs, including the possibility of addiction treatment. Further evidence in favor of safe injection sites came last week, when a widely shared meta-analysis claiming that safe injections sites weren’t as effective as previously thought was retracted by the journal it was published in.

Source: Huffington Post October 02, 2018 09:45 UTC