Report on illicit drug use in Vancouver outlines drug use trends over 10 years

The Drug Situation in Vancouver (2009) report contains more than 10 years of prospective data on drug use trends, drug availability, HIV rates, and mortality rates among people in the Vancouver area who use hard drugs such as heroin, crack cocaine, and methamphetamines.


Scientific evaluation of Insite compiles data from more than 30 studies

More than 30 research studies evaluating Insite, Vancouver's supervised injecting facility, have been published in such prestigious peer-reviewed journals as The Lancet, the New England Journal of Medicine, and the British Medical Journal. The results of these studies have been summarized and are available in both official languages in two formats.


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