Rationale to Evaluate Medically Supervised Safer Smoking Facilities for Non-injection Illicit Drug Users
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Rationale to evaluate medically supervised safer smoking facilities for non-injection illicit drug users.
Many cities are experiencing ongoing infectious disease epidemics and substantial community harm as a result of illicit drug use. In an effort to reduce these public order and public health concerns, consideration has been given to the opening in Vancouver of a safer smoking facility (SSF). The present review was conducted to examine if there is a rationale to support the evaluation of a SSF in...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of Public Health
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0008-4263,1920-7476
DOI: 10.1007/bf03404029