Attendance at Supervised Injecting Facilities and Use of Detoxification Services
- 8 June 2006
- journal article
- letter
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 354 (23) , 2512-2514
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmc052939
Abstract
To the Editor: In September 2003, the first safer injecting facility in North America opened in Vancouver, Canada. Here, injection-drug users can inject preobtained illicit drugs under medical supervision.1 A concern regarding such facilities is that they may lessen the likelihood that injection-drug users will seek addiction-treatment services.2,3 Randomized trials are lacking to address this concern. We assessed factors associated with time to entry into a detoxification program at one of the city's three detoxification centers. We used data collected by means of a questionnaire as part of a cohort study (supported by Health Canada) of persons who use . . .Keywords
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