Essays Tagged: "Insite"

Safe Injection Sites in Canada

o maintain drug abusers within supervised drug usage. Canada has implemented a safe injection site "Insite" in Vancouver, B.C. that has been proven to be an effective method for reducing the spread of ... uver Coastal Health and is the first legal site in North America. "Since opening its doors in 2003, Insite has been a safe, health-focused place where people can go to inject drugs and connect to heal ...

(6 pages) 26 0 5.0 Mar/2009

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

Safe Injection Sites

heavily supervised with manynurses, doctors and basic life support equipment is available if needed.Insite is North America's first legal supervised injection site. It is located in EastHastings, Vanc ... h the hopes to help controlthe usage of dirty needles, which would lead to HIV and AIDS with users. Insitedescribes itself as, "Insite was designed to be accessible to injection drug users who arenot ...

(5 pages) 33 1 4.5 Mar/2009

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science