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OPC Literature Database
OPC Literature Database
This is a database of research studies on the topic of overdose prevention centers from 2010-2023. You can sort by year and category. You can also use the search function to find a specific paper.
OPC Literature Database V4.1
| Year | URL | Title Text | Article Title | Journal | Authors | Topic | Country | Keyword(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20148794/ | The impact of a supervised injecting facility onambulance call-outs in Sydney,Australia | The impact of a supervised injecting facility onambulance call-outs in Sydney,Australia | Society for the Study of Addiction | Salmon AM, van Beek I, Amin J, Kaldor J, Maher L | Community Impacts | Australia | Ambulance attendance, drug consumption rooms, injecting drug use, MSIC, opioid-related overdose, overdose management, supervised injecting facilities |
| 2010 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20653622/ | Is Vancouver Canada's supervised injection facility cost-saving? | Is Vancouver Canada's supervised injection facility cost-saving? | Society for the Study of Addiction | Pinkerton SD | Cost Effectiveness | Canada | Cost-effectiveness, HIV transmission, injection drug use, mathematical model, supervised injection facility, syringe exchange |
| 2010 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19423324/ | A cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis of Vancouver's supervised injection facility | A cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis of Vancouver's supervised injection facility | International Journal of Drug Policy | Andresen MA, Boyd N | Cost Effectiveness | Canada | Supervised injection facility, Insite, Cost-benefit analysis |
| 2010 | https://www.bocsar.nsw.gov.au/Pages/bocsar_publication/Pub_Summary/BB/bb51-Trends-in-property-and-illicit-drug-crime-around-the-medically-supervised-injecting-centre-in-Kings-Cross-an-update.aspx | Trends in Property and Illicit drug crime around the Medically Supervised Injecting Centre in Kings Cross: An update | Trends in Property and Illicit drug crime around the Medically Supervised Injecting Centre in Kings Cross: An update | NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research | Fitzgerald J, Burgess M, Snowball L | Community Impacts | Australia | |
| 2010 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19776079/ | Inability to access addiction treatment and risk of HIV infection among injection drug users recruited from a supervised injection facility | Inability to access addiction treatment and risk of HIV infection among injection drug users recruited from a supervised injection facility | Journal of Public Health | Milloy MJ, Kerr T, Zhang R, Tyndall M, Montaner J, Wood E | Health Impacts | USA | alcohol and drug treatment, GEE, HIV, injection drug user, supervised injection facility |
| 2010 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2885552/#:~:text=Eighty%2Dfive%20percent%20(513%2F,use%20it%20less%20than%20weekly. | Acceptability of a safer injection facility among injection drug users in San Francisco | Acceptability of a safer injection facility among injection drug users in San Francisco | Drug and Alcohol Dependence | Kral AH, Wenger L, Carpenter L, Wood E, Kerr T, Bourgois P | Uptake of OPC Services | USA | IDU, Safer injection facility, acceptability, HIV, epidemiology, policy |
| 2010 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20025446/ | Longitudinal observation of a sample of German drug consumption facility clients | Longitudinal observation of a sample of German drug consumption facility clients | Substance Use & Misuse | Scherbaum N, Specka M, Schifano F, Bombeck J, Marrziniak B. | Uptake of OPC Services | USA | drug consumption facility, opiate addiction, intravenous drug abuse, harm reduction |
| 2011 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21450450/ | How many HIV infections are prevented by Vancouver Canada's supervised injection facility? | How many HIV infections are prevented by Vancouver Canada's supervised injection facility? | International Journal of Drug Policy | Pinkerton SD. | Health Impacts | Canada | Supervised injection facility, Injection drug use, HIV transmission, Mathematical modelling, Cost-effectiveness |
| 2011 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20874006/ | IDU perspectives on the design and operation of North America's first medically supervised injection facility | IDU perspectives on the design and operation of North America's first medically supervised injection facility | Substance Use & Misuse | Small W, Ainsworth L, Wood E, Kerr T | Program Recommendations | USA | supervised injection facilities (SIFs), injection drug use |
| 2011 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21345231/ | Public crack cocaine smoking and willingness to use a supervised inhalation facility: implications for street disorder | Public crack cocaine smoking and willingness to use a supervised inhalation facility: implications for street disorder | Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy | DeBeck K, Buxton J, Kerr T, Qi J, Montaner J, Wood E | Uptake of OPC Services | USA | Crack Cocaine, Public Area, Drug Dealing, Supervise Injection Facility, Public Drug |
| 2011 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22010805/ | Use of North America's First Medically Supervised Safer Injecting Facility Among HIV-Positive Injection Drug Users | Use of North America's First Medically Supervised Safer Injecting Facility Among HIV-Positive Injection Drug Users | AIDS Education and Prevention | Reddon H, Wood E, Tyndall M, Lai C, Hogg R, Montaner J, Kerr T | Uptake of OPC Services | USA | |
| 2011 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21515001/ | Potential role of safer injection facilities in reducing HIV and Hepatitis C infections and overdose mortality in the United States | Potential role of safer injection facilities in reducing HIV and Hepatitis C infections and overdose mortality in the United States | Drug and Alcohol Dependence | Semaan S, Fleming P, Worrell C, Stolp H, Baack B, Miller M | Health Impacts | USA | Injection drug use, HCV, HIV, Syringe exchange, Public injection, Overdose, Safer injection facilities |
| 2011 | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1049732311400919 | Injection drug users' access to a supervised injection facility in Vancouver, Canada: the influence of operating policies and local drug culture | Injection drug users' access to a supervised injection facility in Vancouver, Canada: the influence of operating policies and local drug culture | Qualitative Health Research | Small W, Shoveller J, Moore D, Tyndall M, Wood E, Kerr T | Participant and Staff Experience | Canada | |
| 2011 | https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(10)62353-7/fulltext | Reduction in overdose mortality after the opening of North America’s first medically supervised safer injecting facility: a retrospective population-based study | Reduction in overdose mortality after the opening of North America’s first medically supervised safer injecting facility: a retrospective population-based study | Lancet | Marshall B, Milloy MJ, Wood E, Montaner J, Kerr T | Health Impacts | USA | |
| 2011 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20800976/ | Injection drug use cessation and use of North America's first medically supervised safer injecting facility | Injection drug use cessation and use of North America's first medically supervised safer injecting facility | Drug and Alcohol Dependence | DeBeck K, Kerr T, Bird L, Zhang R, Marsh D, Tyndall M, Montaner J, Wood E | Health Impacts | USA | Injection drug use, Supervised injection, Injection cessation, Addiction treatment, Aboriginal ancestry |
| 2011 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3799861/#:~:text=Of%20these%20341%20observations%2C%20106,involved%20some%20dislike%20of%20the | Use of North America's First Medically Supervised Safer Injecting Facility Among HIV+ Injection Drug Users | Use of North America's First Medically Supervised Safer Injecting Facility Among HIV+ Injection Drug Users | AIDS Education and Prevention | Reddon H, Wood E, Tyndall M, Lai C, Hogg R, Montaner J, Kerr T | Uptake of OPC Services | USA | |
| 2011 | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/009145091103800106 | Accidental Intimacy: Transformative Emotion and the Sydney Medically Supervised Injecting Centre | Accidental Intimacy: Transformative Emotion and the Sydney Medically Supervised Injecting Centre | Contemporary Drug Problems | Rance, J., & Fraser, S | Participant and Staff Experience | Australia | |
| 2011 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21334185/ | The prospect of implementing a Safer Injection Facility in San Francisco: Perspectives of community stakeholders | The prospect of implementing a Safer Injection Facility in San Francisco: Perspectives of community stakeholders | International Journal of Drug Policy | Wenger LD, Arreola SG, Kral AH | Perceptions of OPCs | USA | Safer Injection Facilities, Community stakeholders, Injection drug use |
| 2012 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22216907/ | Police Perceptions of Supervised Consumption Sites (SCSs): A Qualitative Study | Police Perceptions of Supervised Consumption Sites (SCSs): A Qualitative Study | Substance Use & Misuse | Watson TM, Bayoumi A, Kolla G, Penn R, Fischer B, Luce J, Strike C | Perceptions of OPCs | USA | harm reduction, supervised consumption sites, police, law enforcement, illicit drugs, perceptions |
| 2012 | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13698575.2012.680950 | Perceptions of risk and safety within injection settings: Injection drug users' reasons for attending a supervised injecting facility in Vancouver, Canada | Perceptions of risk and safety within injection settings: Injection drug users' reasons for attending a supervised injecting facility in Vancouver, Canada | Health, Risk & Society | Small W, Moore D, Shoveller J, Wood E, Kerr T | Participant and Staff Experience | Canada | Injection drug use, risk, risk perceptions, supervised injection facilities |
| 2012 | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/082585971202800308 | Harm reduction and palliative care: is there a role for supervised drug consumption services? | Harm reduction and palliative care: is there a role for supervised drug consumption services? | Journal of Pallative Care | McNeil R, Guirguis-Younger M | Program Recommendations | USA | harm reduction, supervised injecting facilities, substance abuse, palliative medicine |
| 2012 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22549176/ | Public health understandings of policy and power: lessons from INSITE | Public health understandings of policy and power: lessons from INSITE | Journal of Urban Health | Fafard P | Legal and Policy | USA | Knowledge translation, Urban health, Policy-making, Drug policy, Harm reduction |
| 2013 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23777651/ | Supervised consumption rooms: The French Paradox | Supervised consumption rooms: The French Paradox | International Journal of Drug Policy | Jauffret-Roustide M, Pedrono G, Beltzer N | Legal and Policy | USA | |
| 2013 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0955395912001260 | Design considerations for supervised consumption facilities (SCFs): Preferences for facilities where people can inject and smoke drugs | Design considerations for supervised consumption facilities (SCFs): Preferences for facilities where people can inject and smoke drugs | International Journal of Drug Policy | Tara Marie Watsona , Carol Strike, Gillian Kolla, Rebecca Pennb , Jennifer Jairamc , Shaun Hopkins, Janine Lucee, Naushaba Degani, Peggy Millson, Ahmed M. Bayoumi | Program Recommendations | USA | Harm reduction, Drug consumption room, Supervised consumption facility, Supervised injecting facility, Supervised smoking facility, Crack cocaine, Stakeholders |
| 2013 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23414093/ | Should North America’s first and only supervised injection facility (InSite) be expanded in British Columbia, Canada? | Should North America’s first and only supervised injection facility (InSite) be expanded in British Columbia, Canada? | Harm Reduction Journal | Jozaghi E, Andresen MM | Community Impacts | Canada | Supervised injection facility, Harm reduction, Drug policy |
| 2013 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24256157/ | Regaining control: The patient experience of supervised compared with unsupervised consumption in opiate substitution treatment | Regaining control: The patient experience of supervised compared with unsupervised consumption in opiate substitution treatment | Drug and Alcohol Review | Notley C, Holland R, Maskrey V, Nagar J, Kouimtsidis C | Participant and Staff Experience | USA | |
| 2013 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3796591/ | Supervised injection sites: Prejudice should not trump evidence of benefit | Supervised injection sites: Prejudice should not trump evidence of benefit | Canadian Medial Associan Journal | Zlotorzynska M, Wood E, Montaner JS, Kerr T | Legal and Policy | USA | |
| 2013 | https://journals.lww.com/jan/Fulltext/2013/04000/Stigmatizing_Harm_Reduction_Through_Language__A.6.aspx | Stigmatizing harm reduction through language: A case study into the use of "addict" and opposition to supervised injection sites in Canada | Stigmatizing harm reduction through language: A case study into the use of "addict" and opposition to supervised injection sites in Canada | Journal of Addictions Nursing | Cortina SC | Perceptions of OPCs | Canada | |
| 2013 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23837814/ | A cost-benefit/cost-effectiveness analysis of proposed supervised injection facilities in Montreal, Canada | A cost-benefit/cost-effectiveness analysis of proposed supervised injection facilities in Montreal, Canada | Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy | Jozaghi E, Reid AA, Andresen MA | Cost Effectiveness | Canada | Supervised injection facility, Harm reduction, Cost-benefit, Cost-effectiveness |
| 2013 | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2747/0272-3638.33.8.1144 | "A Little Heaven in Hell": The Role of a Supervised Injection Facility in Transforming Place | "A Little Heaven in Hell": The Role of a Supervised Injection Facility in Transforming Place | Urban Geography | Jozaghi E | Participant and Staff Experience | USA | supervised injection facility, culture of drug use, Downtown Eastside of Vancouver |
| 2014 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25456324/ | Supervised injection services: What has been demonstrated? A systematic literature review | Supervised injection services: What has been demonstrated? A systematic literature review | Drug and Alcohol Dependence | Potier C, Laprévote V, Dubois-Arber F, Cottencin O, Rolland B | Health Impacts | USA | Supervised injection service, Safer injection facility, Supervised injecting center, Drug consumption room, Drug consumption facility, Injection drug user |
| 2014 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25091704/ | A cost-benefit/cost-effectiveness analysis of proposed supervised injection facilities in Ottawa, Canada | A cost-benefit/cost-effectiveness analysis of proposed supervised injection facilities in Ottawa, Canada | Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy | Jozaghi E, Reid AA, Andresen MA, Juneau A | Cost Effectiveness | Canada | Supervised injection facilities, HIV, HCV |
| 2014 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24925493/ | Use of a Medically Supervised Injection Facility Among Street Youth | Use of a Medically Supervised Injection Facility Among Street Youth | Journal of Adolescent Health | Hadland SE, DeBeck K, Kerr T, Nguyen P, Simo A, Montaner JS, Wood E | Uptake of OPC Services | USA | Drug abuse, Adolescent, Needle sharing, HIV, Hepatitis C |
| 2014 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24795288/ | Timing of income assistance payment and overdose patterns at a Canadian supervised injection facility | Timing of income assistance payment and overdose patterns at a Canadian supervised injection facility | International Journal of Drug Policy | Zlotorzynska M, Milloy MJ, Richardson L, Nguyen P, Montaner JS, Wood E, Kerr T | Health Impacts | USA | |
| 2014 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24520984/ | Increasing public support for supervised injection facilities in Ontario, Canada | Increasing public support for supervised injection facilities in Ontario, Canada | Addiction | Strike C, Jairam JA, Kolla G, Millson P, Shepherd S, Fischer B, Watson TM, Bayoumi AM | Perceptions of OPCs | Canada | |
| 2014 | https://harmreductionjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1477-7517-11-29 | Self-reported changes in drug use behaviors and syringe disposal methods following the opening of a supervised injecting facility in Copenhagen, Denmark | Self-reported changes in drug use behaviors and syringe disposal methods following the opening of a supervised injecting facility in Copenhagen, Denmark | Harm Reduction Journal | Kinnard, E.N., Howe, C.J., Kerr, T | Health Impacts | USA | Supervised injecting facility, Drug consumption room, People who inject drugs, Injection drug users, Harm reduction, Risk behaviors, Syringe disposal, Denmark |
| 2014 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24256157/ | Regaining control: The patient experience of supervised compared with unsupervised consumption in opiate substitution treatment | Regaining control: The patient experience of supervised compared with unsupervised consumption in opiate substitution treatment | Drug and Alcohol Review | Notley C, Holland R, Maskrey V, Nagar J, Kouimtsidis C | Participant and Staff Experience | USA | directly observed therapy, opiate addiction, opiate substitution treatment |
| 2014 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23797831/ | “People Knew They Could Come Here to Get Help”: An Ethnographic Study of Assisted Injection Practices at a Peer-Run ‘Unsanctioned’ Supervised Drug Consumption Room in a Canadian Setting | “People Knew They Could Come Here to Get Help”: An Ethnographic Study of Assisted Injection Practices at a Peer-Run ‘Unsanctioned’ Supervised Drug Consumption Room in a Canadian Setting | AIDS Behavior | McNeil R, Small W, Lampkin H, Shannon K, Kerr T | Participant and Staff Experience | USA | Drug users, harm reduction, HIV risk behaviors, supervised injecting facilities, peer-based interventions, risk environments, ethnography |
| 2014 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24572642/ | Drug consumption rooms and the role of politics and governance in policy processes | Drug consumption rooms and the role of politics and governance in policy processes | International Journal of Drug Policy | Houborg E, Frank VA | Legal and Policy | USA | Drug consumption facilities, Drug policy, Governance |
| 2015 | https://harmreductionjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12954-015-0083-9 | Risk environments facing potential users of a supervised injection site in Ottawa, Canada | Risk environments facing potential users of a supervised injection site in Ottawa, Canada | Harm Reduction Journal | Shaw, A., Lazarus, L., Pantalone, T | Uptake of OPC Services | Canada | Supervised injection, Harm reduction, Injection drug use, Service users, Marginalized populations, Community-based research |
| 2015 | https://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/16386592/InSite%20Paper.pdf | Inside Insite: How a Localized Social Movement Led the Way for North America’s First Legal Supervised Injection Site | Inside Insite: How a Localized Social Movement Led the Way for North America’s First Legal Supervised Injection Site | Harvard Library | Harati DF | Legal and Policy | USA | |
| 2015 | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3109/09687637.2015.1034239 | Drugs don’t have age limits”: The challenge of setting age restrictions for supervised injection facilities | Drugs don’t have age limits”: The challenge of setting age restrictions for supervised injection facilities | Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy | Tara Marie Watson, Carol Strike, Gillian Kolla, Rebecca Penn & Ahmed M. Bayoumi | Program Recommendations | USA | Age, drugs, harm reduction, supervised injection facilities, qualitative research, youth |
| 2015 | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1057567715583516 | The Potential Role for Supervised Injection Facilities in Canada’s Largest City, Toronto | The Potential Role for Supervised Injection Facilities in Canada’s Largest City, Toronto | International Criminal Justice Review | Jozaghi, E., & Reid, A. A | Cost Effectiveness | Canada | |
| 2015 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4546245/ | Ambivalence about supervised injection facilities among community stakeholders | Ambivalence about supervised injection facilities among community stakeholders | Harm Reduction Journal | Strike C, Watson TM, Kolla G, Penn R, Bayoumi AM | Perceptions of OPCs | USA | Supervised injection facilities, Public opinion, Telephone survey, Canada |
| 2015 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4412787/ | Willingness to access an in-hospital supervised injection facility among hospitalized people who use illicit drugs | Willingness to access an in-hospital supervised injection facility among hospitalized people who use illicit drugs | Journal of Hospital Medicine | Ti L, Buxton J, Harrison S, Dobrer S, Montaner J, Wood E, Kerr T | Uptake of OPC Services | USA | hospital, people who use illicit drugs, addiction, supervised injection facility |
| 2015 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26029896/ | Examining the potential role of a supervised injection facility in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, to avert HIV among people who inject drugs | Examining the potential role of a supervised injection facility in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, to avert HIV among people who inject drugs | Int J Health Policy Manag. | Jozaghi E, Jackson A | Cost Effectiveness | USA | Canada, Cost-Benefit Analysis, HIV, People Who Inject Drugs (PWID) |
| 2015 | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02723638.2015.1053200 | Is there a role for potential supervised injection facilities in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada? | Is there a role for potential supervised injection facilities in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada? | Urban Geography | Ehsan Jozaghi, Tarah Hodgkinson & Martin A. Andresen | Cost Effectiveness | Canada | supervised injection facility, supervised consumption rooms, cost-benefit, cost-effectiveness, injection drug users, Victoria |
| 2015 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4435884/#:~:text=Ottawa%2C%20Ont.&text=The%20House%20of%20Commons%20has,operation%20of%20an%20existing%20clinic. | Legislation jeopardizes safe injection sites | Legislation jeopardizes safe injection sites | CMAJ | Eggertson L | Legal and Policy | USA | |
| 2015 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1353829214001889?casa_token=hmgOTXJ5Im0AAAAA:6CKXU07mFsDFNv_w0V-RcovmzSGu9N5zvY7rErOJIuiQkfDSFogUCbBY4WaA3dq_6YJvdNxZlv0 | Mobilizing drug consumption rooms: inter-place networks and harm reduction drug policy | Mobilizing drug consumption rooms: inter-place networks and harm reduction drug policy | Health & Place | Mcann E, Temenos C | Legal and Policy | USA | Drug policy, Drug Consumption Rooms (DCRs), Harm reduction, Policy mobilities, Public health |
| 2015 | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0091450915569724 | Comparing Drug Policy Windows Internationally: Drug Consumption Room Policy Making in Canada and England and Wales | Comparing Drug Policy Windows Internationally: Drug Consumption Room Policy Making in Canada and England and Wales | Contemporary Drug Problems | Hayle, S | Legal and Policy | Canada | |
| 2015 | https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/DAT-03-2015-0007/full/html | From civil disobedience to drug users’ well-being: grass-roots activity and the establishment of drug consumption rooms in Denmark | From civil disobedience to drug users’ well-being: grass-roots activity and the establishment of drug consumption rooms in Denmark | Drugs and Alcohol Today | SK Ankjærgaard | Legal and Policy | USA | Drug use, Evidence, Citizens' action, Drug Consumption room, Drug user, Grass-roots |
| 2015 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25683138/ | “We need somewhere to smoke crack”: An ethnographic study of an unsanctioned safer smoking room in Vancouver, Canada | “We need somewhere to smoke crack”: An ethnographic study of an unsanctioned safer smoking room in Vancouver, Canada | International Journal of Drug Policy | McNeil R, Kerr T, Lampkin H, Small W | Participant and Staff Experience | Canada | Crack cocaine, Drug use, Harm reduction, Qualitative, Safer smoking rooms |
| 2016 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27306441/ | A qualitative study of how Danish drug consumption rooms influence health and well-being among people who use drugs | A qualitative study of how Danish drug consumption rooms influence health and well-being among people who use drugs | Harm Reduction Journal | Kappel N, Toth E, Tegner J, Lauridsen S | Health Impacts | USA | Cocaine, Staff Member, Naloxone, Harm Reduction, Social Acceptance |
| 2016 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27717366/ | A cross-sectional national survey assessing self-reported drug intake behavior, contact with the primary sector and drug treatment among service users of Danish drug consumption rooms | A cross-sectional national survey assessing self-reported drug intake behavior, contact with the primary sector and drug treatment among service users of Danish drug consumption rooms | Harm Reduction Journal | Toth EC, Tegner J, Lauridsen S, Kappel N | Participant and Staff Experience | USA | Drug consumption room, Harm reduction, Smoking facility |
| 2016 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27750104/ | Risk of fentanyl overdose among clients of the Sydney Medically Supervised Injecting Centre | Risk of fentanyl overdose among clients of the Sydney Medically Supervised Injecting Centre | International Drug Policy | Latimer J, Ling S, Flaherty I, Jauncey M, Salmon AM | Health Impacts | Australia | |
| 2016 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27733167/ | Mental health among clients of the Sydney Medically Supervised Injecting Centre (MSIC) | Mental health among clients of the Sydney Medically Supervised Injecting Centre (MSIC) | Harm Reduction Journal | Goodhew M, Salmon AM, Marel C, Mills KL, Jauncey M | Health Impacts | Australia | Mental disorders, Mental health, Supervised injecting centres, supervised injecting facilities, illicit drugs |
| 2017 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28893455/ | ‘Enjoying the kick’: Locating pleasure within the drug consumption room | ‘Enjoying the kick’: Locating pleasure within the drug consumption room | International Journal of Drug Policy | Duncan T, Duff C, Sebar B, Lee J | Participant and Staff Experience | USA | Drug consumption room, Event, Frankfurt, Harm reduction, Pleasure, Post-humanism. |
| 2017 | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3109/14659891.2016.1143049 | Similar problems, divergent responses: drug consumption room policies in the UK and Germany | Similar problems, divergent responses: drug consumption room policies in the UK and Germany | Journal of Substance Use | Lloyd C, Stover H, Zurhold H, Hunt N. | Legal and Policy | UK | Drug consumption rooms, Germany, UK |
| 2017 | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23311886.2017.1398207 | Factors concerning access to a potential drug consumption room in Dublin, Ireland | Factors concerning access to a potential drug consumption room in Dublin, Ireland | Cogent Social Sciences | Atkin-Brenninkmeyer E, Larkan F & Comiskey C | Uptake of OPC Services | USA | drug services, drug consumption rooms, drug policy, harm reduction |
| 2017 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28875422/ | Public Health and Public Order Outcomes Associated with Supervised Drug Consumption Facilities: a Systematic Review | Public Health and Public Order Outcomes Associated with Supervised Drug Consumption Facilities: a Systematic Review | Current HIV/Aids Reports | Kennedy MC, Karamouzian M, Kerr T | Community Impacts | USA | Harm reduction, Illicit drug use, Supervised drug consumption facilities, Supervised injection facilities, Systematic review |
| 2017 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5308167/ | Overdose Prevention in the United States: A Call for Supervised Injection Sites | Overdose Prevention in the United States: A Call for Supervised Injection Sites | American Journal of Public Health | Kennedy MC, Kerr T | Legal and Policy | USA | |
| 2017 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28521829/ | Supervised injection facilities in Canada: past, present, and future | Supervised injection facilities in Canada: past, present, and future | Harm Reduction Journal | Kerr T, Mitra S, Kennedy MC, McNeil R | Legal and Policy | Canada | Supervised injection facilities in Canada |
| 2017 | https://www.ajpmonline.org/article/s0749-3797(17)30316-1/fulltext | Addressing the nation’s opioid epidemic: lessons from an unsanctioned supervised injection site in the US | Addressing the nation’s opioid epidemic: lessons from an unsanctioned supervised injection site in the US | American Journal of Preventative Medicine | Kral AH, Davidson PJ | Health Impacts | USA | opioid |
| 2017 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0955395917303614?via%3Dihub | Using drugs in un/safe spaces: impact of perceived illegality on an underground supervised injecting facility in the United States. | Using drugs in un/safe spaces: impact of perceived illegality on an underground supervised injecting facility in the United States. | International Journal of Drug Policy | Davidson PJ, Lopez AM, Kral AH | Legal and Policy | USA | opioid, SIF |
| 2017 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28709471/ | Acceptability and design preferences of supervised injection services among people who inject drugs in a mid-sized Canadian City | Acceptability and design preferences of supervised injection services among people who inject drugs in a mid-sized Canadian City | Harm Reduction Journal | Mitra S, Rachlis B, Scheim A, Bardwell G, Rourke SB, Kerr T. | Program Recommendations | USA | Feasibility research, People who inject drugs, Supervised consumption facilities, Supervised injection services |
| 2018 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29241143/ | Perceptions about supervised injection facilities among people who inject drugs in Philadelphia | Perceptions about supervised injection facilities among people who inject drugs in Philadelphia | International Journal of Drug Policy | Harris RE, Richardson J, Frasso R, Anderson ED | Perceptions of OPCs | ||
| 2018 | https://harmreductionjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12954-018-0252-8 | Evaluation of a Fentanyl Drug Checking Service for Clients of a Supervised Injection Facility, Vancouver, Canada | Evaluation of a Fentanyl Drug Checking Service for Clients of a Supervised Injection Facility, Vancouver, Canada | Harm Reduction Journal | Karamouzian M, Dohoo C, Forsting, S, McNeil R, Kerr T, Lysyshyn M | Participant and Staff Experience | Canada | Drug checking, Substance use, Injection drug use, Supervised injection facility, Canada |
| 2018 | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1080/08897077.2018.1485130 | Ambulance-Attended Opioid Overdoses: An Examination Into Overdose Locations and the Role of a Safe Injection Facility | Ambulance-Attended Opioid Overdoses: An Examination Into Overdose Locations and the Role of a Safe Injection Facility | Substance Abuse | Madah-Amiri, D, Skulberg AK, Braarud, A, Dale O, Heyerdahl F, Lobmaier P, Clausen, T | Community Impacts | USA | emt, ambulance |
| 2018 | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1080/08897077.2017.1365804?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed | The willingness of people who inject drugs in Boston to use a supervised injection facility | The willingness of people who inject drugs in Boston to use a supervised injection facility | Substance Abuse | León C, Cardoso L, Mackin S, Bock B, Gaeta JM | Uptake of OPC Services | USA | utilization |
| 2018 | https://www.jsatjournal.com/article/S0740-5472(19)30080-7/fulltext | Estimated impact of supervised injection facilities on overdose fatalities and healthcare costs in New York City. | Estimated impact of supervised injection facilities on overdose fatalities and healthcare costs in New York City. | Journal of Substance Use & Addiction Treatment | Behrends CN, Paone D, Nolan ML, Tuazon E, Murphy SM, Kapadia SN, Jeng PJ, Bayoumi AM, Kunins HV, Schackman BR. | Cost Effectiveness | USA | Supervised injection facilities, Healthcare system costs, Opioid overdoses, Economic evaluation, Healthcare utilization |
| 2018 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29481827/ | Public support for safe consumption sites and syringe services programs to combat the opioid epidemic | Public support for safe consumption sites and syringe services programs to combat the opioid epidemic | Preventative Medicine | McGinty EE, Barry CL, Stone EM, Niederdeppe J, Kennedy-Hendricks A, Linden S, Sherman SG | Perceptions of OPCs | USA | Harm reduction, Opioid, Policy, Stigma |
| 2019 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31168733/ | Overdose Prevention Site Acceptability among Residents and Businesses Surrounding a Proposed Site in Philadelphia, USA | Overdose Prevention Site Acceptability among Residents and Businesses Surrounding a Proposed Site in Philadelphia, USA | Journal of Urban Health | Roth AM, Kral AH, Mitchell A, Mukherjee R, Davidson P, Lankenau SE | Perceptions of OPCs | USA | Acceptability, Opioids, Overdose prevention sites, Safe consumption sites, Safe injection |
| 2019 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0955395919300027?via%3Dihub | The projected costs and benefits of a supervised injection facility in Seattle, WA, USA | The projected costs and benefits of a supervised injection facility in Seattle, WA, USA | International Journal of Drug Policy | Hood JE, Behrends CN, Irwin A, Schackman BR, Chan D, Hartfield K, Hess J, Banta-Green C, Whiteside L, Finegood B, Duchin J | Cost Effectiveness | USA | Supervised injection facility, Cost-benefit, Cost-effectiveness, People who inject drugs, Harm reduction, Overdose |
| 2019 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6879115/ | Supervised injection facility use and all-cause mortality among people who inject drugs in Vancouver, Canada: A cohort study | Supervised injection facility use and all-cause mortality among people who inject drugs in Vancouver, Canada: A cohort study | PLOS Med | Kennedy MC, Hayashi K, Milloy MJ, Wood E, Kerr T | Health Impacts | Canada | mortality |
| 2019 | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1080/08897077.2018.1485130?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed | Ambulance-attended opioid overdoses: An examination into overdose locations and the role of a safe injection facilit | Ambulance-attended opioid overdoses: An examination into overdose locations and the role of a safe injection facilit | Substance Abuse | Madah-Amiri D, Skulberg AK, Braarud AC, Dale O, Heyerdahl F, Lobmaier P, Clausen T | Community Impacts | USA | emergency services, location |
| 2019 | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11469-019-00130-0 | Public Knowledge of and Support for Supervised Injection Sites in a Metropolitan Canadian Region | Public Knowledge of and Support for Supervised Injection Sites in a Metropolitan Canadian Region | International Journal of Health and Addiction | Mrazovac A, O'Boyle J, Watts C, Sharma T, Ciccarelli M, Leshuk T, Lachhman R, Michael S, Manwell L | Perceptions of OPCs | USA | Supervised injection site (SIS), Opioid overdose crisis, Public opinion, Health services, Health policy, Human rights |
| 2019 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0955395919300258?via%3Dihub | The implementation of overdose prevention sites as a novel and nimble response during an illegal drug overdose public health emergency | The implementation of overdose prevention sites as a novel and nimble response during an illegal drug overdose public health emergency | International Journal of Drug Policy | Wallace B, Pagan F, Pauly BB | Legal and Policy | USA | Overdose, Supervised injection sites, Harm reduction, Implementation science, Drug consumption rooms, Overdose prevention sites |
| 2019 | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0091450920912495 | Managing Coexistence: Resident Experiences of the Open Drug Scene and Drug Consumption Rooms in Inner Vesterbro, Copenhagen | Managing Coexistence: Resident Experiences of the Open Drug Scene and Drug Consumption Rooms in Inner Vesterbro, Copenhagen | Contemporary Drug Problems | Bancroft M, Houborg E | Community Impacts | Denmark | community, crime/police |
| 2019 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31470864/ | Acceptability of safe drug consumption spaces among people who inject drugs in rural West Virginia | Acceptability of safe drug consumption spaces among people who inject drugs in rural West Virginia | Harm Reduction Journal | O'Rourke A, White RH, Park JN, Rodriguez K, Kilkenny ME, Sherman SG, Allen ST | Uptake of OPC Services | USA | Harm reduction, PWID, People who inject drugs, Rural public health, Supervised consumption spaces, Supervised injection facilities |
| 2019 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30634986/ | Mobile supervised consumption services in Rural British Columbia: lessons learned | Mobile supervised consumption services in Rural British Columbia: lessons learned | Harm Reduction Journal | Mema SC, Frosst G, Bridgeman J, Drake H, Dolman C, Lappalainen L, Corneil T | Program Recommendations | USA | Harm reduction, Injection drug use, Mobile supervised consumption services, Overdose |
| 2019 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31399097/ | Prospective client survey and participatory process ahead of opening a mobile drug consumption room in Lisbon | Prospective client survey and participatory process ahead of opening a mobile drug consumption room in Lisbon | Harm Reduction Journal | Taylor H, Curado A, Tavares J, Oliveira M, Gautier D, Maria JS | Participant and Staff Experience | USA | Drug consumption rooms, Harm reduction, Mobile drug consumption room, People who inject drugs, Portugal, Prospective client survey |
| 2019 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30849946/ | Potential use of supervised injection services among people who inject drugs in a remote and mid-size Canadian setting | Potential use of supervised injection services among people who inject drugs in a remote and mid-size Canadian setting | BMC Public Health | Mitra S, Rachlis B, Krysowaty B, Marshall Z, Olsen C, Rourke S, Kerr T | Uptake of OPC Services | USA | Feasibility research, Mid-sized cities, People who inject drugs, Remote communities, Supervised consumption facilities, Supervised injection services. |
| 2019 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31168735/ | Willingness to Use Safe Consumption Spaces among Opioid Users at High Risk of Fentanyl Overdose in Baltimore, Providence, and Boston | Willingness to Use Safe Consumption Spaces among Opioid Users at High Risk of Fentanyl Overdose in Baltimore, Providence, and Boston | Journal of Urban Health | Park JN, Sherman SG, Rouhani S, Morales KB, McKenzie M, Allen ST, Marshall BDL, Green TC | Uptake of OPC Services | USA | |
| 2020 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7557075/#:~:text=A%20large%20majority%20(76%25),less%20educated%20participants%20%5B12%5D. | French People's positions on supervised injection facilities for drug users | French People's positions on supervised injection facilities for drug users | Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy | Munoz Sastre MT, Kpanake L, Mullet E | Perceptions of OPCs | France | Supervised injection facilities, Personal positions, Amphetamines, Cocaine, Heroin, France |
| 2020 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0955395920302188?via%3Dihub | Supporting the Full Participation of People Who Use Drugs in Policy Fora: Provision of a Temporary, Conference-Based Overdose Prevention Site | Supporting the Full Participation of People Who Use Drugs in Policy Fora: Provision of a Temporary, Conference-Based Overdose Prevention Site | International Journal of Drug Policy | Brooks HL, Husband C, Taylor M, Sherren A, Hyshka E | Legal and Policy | USA | Overdose prevention site, Harm reduction, Conference, People who use drugs |
| 2020 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0955395919303317?via%3Dihub | Help me fix: The provision of injection assistance at an unsanctioned overdose prevention site in Toronto, Canada | Help me fix: The provision of injection assistance at an unsanctioned overdose prevention site in Toronto, Canada | International Journal of Drug Policy | Kolla G, Kenny KS, Bannerman M, Boyce N, Chapman L, Dodd Z, Ko J, Ovens S | Participant and Staff Experience | Canada | Assisted injection, Overdose, Supervised consumption service, Drug consumption room, Overdose prevention site |
| 2020 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7204455/ | A Low-Barrier and Comprehensive Community-Based Harm-Reduction Site in Vancouver, Canada | A Low-Barrier and Comprehensive Community-Based Harm-Reduction Site in Vancouver, Canada | American Journal of Public Health | Olding M, Ivsins A, Mayer S, Betsos A, Boyd J, Sutherland C, Culbertson C, Kerr T, McNeil R | Health Impacts | Canada | case study |
| 2020 | https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMc2015435?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed | Evaluation of an Unsanctioned Safe Consumption Site in the United States | Evaluation of an Unsanctioned Safe Consumption Site in the United States | New England Journal of Medicine | Kral AH, Lambdin BH, Wenger LD, Davidson PJ | Uptake of OPC Services | USA | commentary |
| 2020 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6964917/ | The effectiveness of substance use interventions for homeless and vulnerably housed persons: A systematic review of systematic reviews on supervised consumption facilities, managed alcohol programs, and pharmacological agents for opioid use disorder | The effectiveness of substance use interventions for homeless and vulnerably housed persons: A systematic review of systematic reviews on supervised consumption facilities, managed alcohol programs, and pharmacological agents for opioid use disorder | PLOS ONE | Magwood O, Salvalaggio G, Beder M, Kendall C, Kpade V, Daghmach W, Habonimana G, Marshall Z, Snyder E, O'Shea T, Lennox R, Hsu H, Tugwell P, Pottie K | Program Recommendations | USA | homelessness, literature review |
| 2020 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S037687162030243X?via%3Dihub | "It's not just injecting drugs": Supervised consumption sites and the social determinants of health | "It's not just injecting drugs": Supervised consumption sites and the social determinants of health | Drug and Alcohol Dependence | Kerman N, Manoni-Millar S, Cormier L, Cahill T, Sylvestre J | Health Impacts | USA | qualitative, social determinants of health, homelessness |
| 2020 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7528035/ | "Bed Bugs and Beyond": An ethnographic analysis of North America's first women-only supervised drug consumption site | "Bed Bugs and Beyond": An ethnographic analysis of North America's first women-only supervised drug consumption site | International Journal of Drug Policy | Boyd J, Lavalley J, Czechaczek S, Mayer S, Kerr T, Maher L, McNeil R | Participant and Staff Experience | USA | gender, ethnography, stigma/racism |
| 2020 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7114823/ | Women's utilization of housing-based overdose prevention sites in Vancouver, Canada: An ethnographic study | Women's utilization of housing-based overdose prevention sites in Vancouver, Canada: An ethnographic study | International Journal of Drug Policy | Collins AB, Boyd J, Hayashi K, Cooper HLF, Goldenberg S, McNeil R | Participant and Staff Experience | Canada | gender, ethnography, housing |
| 2020 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0955395920301134?via%3Dihub | Impact of 24-Hour Schedule of a Drug Consumption Room on Service Use and Number of Non-Fatal Overdoses. A Quasiexperimental Study in Barcelona | Impact of 24-Hour Schedule of a Drug Consumption Room on Service Use and Number of Non-Fatal Overdoses. A Quasiexperimental Study in Barcelona | International Journal of Drug Policy | Montero-Moraga JM, Garrido-Albaina A, Barbaglia MG, Gotsens M, Aranega D, Espelt A, Parés-Badell O | Health Impacts | USA | utilization |
| 2020 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7242015/ | Impact of overdose prevention sites during a public health emergency in Victoria, Canada. | Impact of overdose prevention sites during a public health emergency in Victoria, Canada. | PLOS ONE | Pauly B, Wallace B, Pagan F, Phillips J, Wilson M, Hobbs H, Connolly J | Health Impacts | Canada | implementation, feasibility |
| 2020 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7539556/ | To what extent do supervised drug consumption services incorporate non-injection routes of administration? A systematic scoping review documenting existing facilities | To what extent do supervised drug consumption services incorporate non-injection routes of administration? A systematic scoping review documenting existing facilities | Harm Reduction Journal | Speed KA, Gehring ND, Launier K, O'Brien D, Campbell S, Hyshka E | Program Recommendations | USA | literature review, method of choice |
| 2020 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0955395920303297?via%3Dihub | Operational and contextual barriers to accessing supervised consumption services in two Canadian cities | Operational and contextual barriers to accessing supervised consumption services in two Canadian cities | International Journal of Drug Policy | Urbanik MM, Greene C | Program Recommendations | USA | utilization |
| 2020 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7483136/ | Factors Associated With the Use of Supervised Consumption Facilities Among Women Who Inject Drugs in a Canadian Setting | Factors Associated With the Use of Supervised Consumption Facilities Among Women Who Inject Drugs in a Canadian Setting | Journal of Addiction Medicine | Ickowicz S, Grant C, Nosova E, Boyd J, Brar R, Milloy MJ, Hayashi K, Nolan S | Participant and Staff Experience | USA | utilization, qualitative, gender |
| 2020 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0376871620302866?via%3Dihub | Anticipated Use of a Supervised Drug Consumption Site among Syringe Services Program Clients in King County, Washington: Assessing the Role of Opioid Overdose and Injection Behavior | Anticipated Use of a Supervised Drug Consumption Site among Syringe Services Program Clients in King County, Washington: Assessing the Role of Opioid Overdose and Injection Behavior | Drug and Alcohol Dependence | Klein KS, Glick SN, Mauro PM | Uptake of OPC Services | USA | public injection, drug of choice |
| 2020 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9426862/ | High Willingness to Use Overdose Prevention Sites among Female Sex Workers in Baltimore, Maryland. | High Willingness to Use Overdose Prevention Sites among Female Sex Workers in Baltimore, Maryland. | Drug and Alcohol Dependence | Rouhani S, White RH, Park JN, Sherman SG | Uptake of OPC Services | USA | gender, sex work, homelessness |
| 2020 | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1745-9133.12566 | Focus on Prevention: The Public Is More Supportive of ‘Overdose Prevention Sites’ than They Are of ‘Safe Injection Facilities | Focus on Prevention: The Public Is More Supportive of ‘Overdose Prevention Sites’ than They Are of ‘Safe Injection Facilities | Criminology & Public Policy | Socia KM, Palacios WR, Cluverius J | Perceptions of OPCs | USA | community, crime/police, language/policy |
| 2021 | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/16066359.2021.1961759 | Willingness to use syringe service programs and safe consumption sites among methadone patients with histories of injection drug use in a small Midwest community | Willingness to use syringe service programs and safe consumption sites among methadone patients with histories of injection drug use in a small Midwest community | Addiction Theory & Research | Pasman E, Agius E, Victor G, Broman M, Ray B, Resto S | Uptake of OPC Services | USA | |
| 2021 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0376871621000168?via%3Dihub | Impact of an Unsanctioned Safe Consumption Site on Criminal Activity, 2010–2019 | Impact of an Unsanctioned Safe Consumption Site on Criminal Activity, 2010–2019 | Drug and Alcohol Dependence | Davidson PJ, Lambdin BH, Browne EN, Wenger LD, Kral AH | Community Impacts | USA | crime/policing |
| 2021 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7302974/#:~:text=%25)%20among%20men.-,In%20total%2C%20353%20(52.0%25)%20women%20and%20694%20(55.5,period%20of%20exclusive%20SIF%20use. | Supervised Injection Facility Use and Exposure to Violence among a Cohort of People Who Inject Drugs: A Gender-Based Analysis | Supervised Injection Facility Use and Exposure to Violence among a Cohort of People Who Inject Drugs: A Gender-Based Analysis | International Journal of Drug Policy | Kennedy MC, Hayashi K, Milloy MJ, Boyd J, Wood E, Kerr T | Participant and Staff Experience | USA | violence |
| 2021 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0376871621005706?via%3Dihub | Improved syringe disposal practices associated with unsanctioned safe consumption site use: A cohort study of people who inject drugs in the United States | Improved syringe disposal practices associated with unsanctioned safe consumption site use: A cohort study of people who inject drugs in the United States | Drug and Alcohol Dependence | Kral AH, Lambdin BH, Wenger LD, Browne EN, Suen LW, Davidson PJ | Community Impacts | USA | syringe disposal |
| 2021 | https://harmreductionjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12954-020-00456-2 | Supervised Consumption Sites and Crime: Scrutinizing the Methodological Weaknesses and Aberrant Results of a Government Report in Alberta, Canada | Supervised Consumption Sites and Crime: Scrutinizing the Methodological Weaknesses and Aberrant Results of a Government Report in Alberta, Canada | Harm Reduction Journal | Livingston JD | Legal and Policy | Canada | crime/policing |
| 2021 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8541900/ | Supervised Injection Facilities as Harm Reduction: A Systematic Revie | Supervised Injection Facilities as Harm Reduction: A Systematic Revie | American Journal of Preventative Medicine | Levengood TW, Yoon GH, Davoust MJ, Ogden SN, Marshall BDL, Cahill SR, Bazzi AR | Health Impacts | USA | literature review, crime/policing |
| 2021 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8604650/ | Assessing Drug Consumption Rooms and Longer Term (5 Year) Impacts on Community and Clients | Assessing Drug Consumption Rooms and Longer Term (5 Year) Impacts on Community and Clients | Risk Management & Healthcare Policy | Tran V, Reid SE, Roxburgh A, Day CA | Community Impacts | USA | literature review |
| 2021 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8556858/ | Predicting the impact of placing an overdose prevention site in Philadelphia: a mathematical modeling approach. | Predicting the impact of placing an overdose prevention site in Philadelphia: a mathematical modeling approach. | Harm Reduction Journal | Wares JR, Dong J, Gevertz JL, Radunskaya A, Viner K, Wiebe D, Solomon S | Community Impacts | USA | modeling |
| 2021 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0955395921001791?via%3Dihub | "You don't have to squirrel away in a staircase": Patient motivations for attending a novel supervised drug consumption service in acute care | "You don't have to squirrel away in a staircase": Patient motivations for attending a novel supervised drug consumption service in acute care | International Journal of Drug Policy | Kosteniuk B, Salvalaggio G, McNeil R, Brooks HL, Dong K, Twan S, Brouwer J, Hyshka E | Uptake of OPC Services | USA | qualitative, stigma, perceptions |
| 2021 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7787408/ | A Critical Narrative Inquiry to Understand the Impacts of an Overdose Prevention Site on the Lives of Site Users | A Critical Narrative Inquiry to Understand the Impacts of an Overdose Prevention Site on the Lives of Site Users | Harm Reduction Journal | Oudshoorn A, Sangster Bouck M, McCann M, Zendo S, Berman H, Banninga J, Le Ber MJ, Zendo Z | Participant and Staff Experience | USA | photo-narratives, qualitative |
| 2021 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7788836/ | Peer-assisted injection as a harm reduction measure in a supervised consumption service: a qualitative study of client experiences | Peer-assisted injection as a harm reduction measure in a supervised consumption service: a qualitative study of client experiences | Harm Reduction Journal | Pijl E, Oosterbroek T, Motz T, Mason E, Hamilton K | Program Recommendations | USA | assisted injection, peer models, qualitative |
| 2021 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7887539/ | Adapting harm reduction services during COVID-19: lessons from the supervised injecting facilities in Australia | Adapting harm reduction services during COVID-19: lessons from the supervised injecting facilities in Australia | Harm Reduction Journal | Roxburgh A, Jauncey M, Day C, Bartlett M, Cogger S, Dietze P, Nielsen S, Latimer J, Clark N | Program Recommendations | Australia | COVID19, access |
| 2021 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7725945/ | Examining Overdose and Homelessness as Predictors of Willingness to Use Supervised Injection Facilities by Services Provided Among Persons Who Inject Drugs | Examining Overdose and Homelessness as Predictors of Willingness to Use Supervised Injection Facilities by Services Provided Among Persons Who Inject Drugs | The American Journal of Addictions | Kenney SR, Anderson BJ, Bailey GL, Herman DS, Conti MT, Stein MD | Uptake of OPC Services | USA | utilization, homelessness |
| 2021 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0955395921002607?via%3Dihub | Willingness to Utilize Supervised Injection Facilities among People Who Inject Drugs in Iran: Findings from 2020 National HIV Bio-Behavioral Surveillance Survey | Willingness to Utilize Supervised Injection Facilities among People Who Inject Drugs in Iran: Findings from 2020 National HIV Bio-Behavioral Surveillance Survey | International Journal of Drug Policy | Khezri M, Karamouzian M, Sharifi H, Ghalekhani N, Tavakoli F, Mehmandoost S, Mehrabi F, Pedarzadeh M, Nejat M, Noroozi A, Baral S, Shokoohi M | Uptake of OPC Services | USA | surveillance, global (not North America/UK/Europe) |
| 2021 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8063177/ | High willingness to use drug consumption rooms among people who inject drugs in Scotland: findings from a national bio-behavioural survey among people who inject drugs | High willingness to use drug consumption rooms among people who inject drugs in Scotland: findings from a national bio-behavioural survey among people who inject drugs | International Journal of Drug Policy | Trayner KMA, Palmateer NE, Hutchinson SJ, Goldberg DJ, Shepherd SJ, Gunson RN, Tweed EJ, Priyadarshi S, Sumnall H, Atkinson A, McAuley A | Uptake of OPC Services | USA | utilization |
| 2021 | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0265665 | Evaluating the population-level effects of overdose prevention sites and supervised consumption sites in British Columbia, Canada: Controlled interrupted time series | Evaluating the population-level effects of overdose prevention sites and supervised consumption sites in British Columbia, Canada: Controlled interrupted time series | PLOS ONE | Panagiotoglou D | Health Impacts | Canada | emergency services, hospitalizations, population-level |
| 2022 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34723925/ | Effect of an Unsanctioned Safe Consumption Site in the United States on Syringe Sharing, Rushed Injections, and Isolated Injection Drug Use: A Longitudinal Cohort Analysis | Effect of an Unsanctioned Safe Consumption Site in the United States on Syringe Sharing, Rushed Injections, and Isolated Injection Drug Use: A Longitudinal Cohort Analysis | Health Impacts | ||||
| 2022 | https://harmreductionjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12954-022-00609-5 | Supervised consumption site enables cost savings by avoiding emergency services: a cost analysis study | Supervised consumption site enables cost savings by avoiding emergency services: a cost analysis study | Harm Reduction Journal | Khair S, Eastwood CA, Lu M, Jackson J | Cost Effectiveness | USA | cost analysis, case study |
| 2022 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9129898/ | Acceptability of Overdose Prevention Sites in the Business Community in Baltimore, Maryland | Acceptability of Overdose Prevention Sites in the Business Community in Baltimore, Maryland | Journal of Urban Health | Sherman SG, Rouhani S, White RH, Weicker N, Morris M, Schneider K, Park JN, Barry C | Perceptions of OPCs | USA | business support, community |
| 2022 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35020166/ | Reduced Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalisation with Use of an Unsanctioned Safe Consumption Site for Injection Drug Use in the United States | Reduced Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalisation with Use of an Unsanctioned Safe Consumption Site for Injection Drug Use in the United States | Journal of General Internal Medicine | Lambdin BH, Davidson PJ, Browne EN, Suen LW, Wenger LD, Kral AH | Health Impacts | USA | emergency services, SSTI |
| 2022 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36063622/ | Harm reduction in the hospital: An overdose prevention site (OPS) at a Canadian hospital | Harm reduction in the hospital: An overdose prevention site (OPS) at a Canadian hospital | Drug and Alcohol Dependence | Nolan S, Kelian S, Kerr T, Young S, Malmgren I, Ghafari C, Harrison S, Wood E, Lysyshyn M, Holliday E | Uptake of OPC Services | USA | emergency services |
| 2022 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35690956/ | Impact of drug consumption rooms on non-fatal overdoses, abscesses and emergency department visits in people who inject drugs in France: Results from the Cosinus cohort | Impact of drug consumption rooms on non-fatal overdoses, abscesses and emergency department visits in people who inject drugs in France: Results from the Cosinus cohort | International Journal of Epidemiology | Roux P, Jauffret-Roustide M, Donadille C, Briand Madrid L, Denis C, Célérier I, Chauvin C, Hamelin N, Maradan G, Carrieri MP, Protopopescu C, Lalanne L, Auriacombe M; COSINUS Study Group | Health Impacts | France | infectious disease, SSTI, emergency services |
| 2022 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667118222000137 | Impact of safe consumption facilities on individual and community outcomes: A scoping review of the past decade of research | Impact of safe consumption facilities on individual and community outcomes: A scoping review of the past decade of research | Emerging Trends in Drugs, Addictions, and Health | Dow-Fleisner SJ, Lomness A, Woolgar L | Health Impacts | USA | literature review |
| 2022 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8904318/ | Health impacts of a scale-up of supervised injection services in a Canadian setting: an interrupted time series analysis | Health impacts of a scale-up of supervised injection services in a Canadian setting: an interrupted time series analysis | Addiction | Kennedy MC, Hayashi K, Milloy MJ, Compton M, Kerr T | Health Impacts | USA | utilization |
| 2022 | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s43678-022-00326-9 | Out-of-hospital management of unresponsive, apneic, witnessed opioid overdoses: a case series from a supervised consumption site | Out-of-hospital management of unresponsive, apneic, witnessed opioid overdoses: a case series from a supervised consumption site | Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine | Rowe A, Chang A, Lostchuck E, Lin K, Scheuermeyer F, McCann V, Buxton J, Moe J, Cho R, Clerc P, McSweeney C, Jiang A, Purssell R | Health Impacts | USA | overdose response |
| 2022 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0955395922000901?via%3Dihub | The United Kingdom’s First Unsanctioned Overdose Prevention Site; A Proof-of-Concept Evaluation | The United Kingdom’s First Unsanctioned Overdose Prevention Site; A Proof-of-Concept Evaluation | International Journal of Drug Policy | Shorter GW, Harris M, McAuley A, Trayner KM, Stevens A | Health Impacts | USA | case study |
| 2022 | https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMp2119764 | The Importance of Federal Action Supporting Overdose-Prevention Centers | The Importance of Federal Action Supporting Overdose-Prevention Centers | New England Journal of Medicine | Naeem AH, Davis CS, Samuels EA | Legal and Policy | USA | political support, commentary |
| 2022 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667321522000178 | Experiences with compounding surveillance and social control as a barrier to safe consumption service access. | Experiences with compounding surveillance and social control as a barrier to safe consumption service access. | SSM - Qualitative Research in Health | Greene C, Urbanik M-M, Geldart R | Participant and Staff Experience | USA | police, displacement, qualitative |
| 2022 | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/00914509221134716 | “Overdose Has Many Faces”: The Politics of Care in Responding to Overdose at Sydney’s Medically Supervised Injecting Centre | “Overdose Has Many Faces”: The Politics of Care in Responding to Overdose at Sydney’s Medically Supervised Injecting Centre | Contemporary Drug Problems | Dertadian GC, Yates K | Participant and Staff Experience | Australia | perceptions, qualitative |
| 2022 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35413583/ | A qualitative comparison of how people who use drugs’ perceptions and experiences of policing affect supervised consumption services access in Two Cities | A qualitative comparison of how people who use drugs’ perceptions and experiences of policing affect supervised consumption services access in Two Cities | International Journal of Drug Policy | Urbanik M-M, Maier K, Greene C | Participant and Staff Experience | USA | police, qualitative, perceptions |
| 2022 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0376871621006748 | Stakeholder preferences for supervised consumption site design, staff, and ancillary services: A scoping review of feasibility studies | Stakeholder preferences for supervised consumption site design, staff, and ancillary services: A scoping review of feasibility studies | Drug and Alcohol Dependence | Kryszajtys DT, Xavier J, Rudzinski K, Guta A, Chan Carusone S, Strike CJ | Program Recommendations | USA | literature review, community, feasibility |
| 2022 | https://harmreductionjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12954-022-00596-7 | Implementation of a nurse-led overdose prevention site in a hospital setting: Lessons learned from St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, Canada | Implementation of a nurse-led overdose prevention site in a hospital setting: Lessons learned from St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, Canada | Harm Reduction Journal | Dogherty E, Patterson C, Gagnon M, Harrison S, Chase J, Boerstler J, Gibson J, Gill S, Nolan S, Ryan A | Program Recommendations | Canada | nurse-led, staff training |
| 2022 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36436364/ | A scoping review of qualitative research on barriers and facilitators to the use of supervised consumption services | A scoping review of qualitative research on barriers and facilitators to the use of supervised consumption services | International Journal of Drug Policy | Ivsins A, Warnock A, Small W, Strike C, Kerr T, Bardwell G | Participant and Staff Experience | USA | qualitative literature review |
| 2022 | https://harmreductionjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12954-022-00655-z | Implementation and sustainability of safe consumption sites: a qualitative systematic review and thematic synthesis | Implementation and sustainability of safe consumption sites: a qualitative systematic review and thematic synthesis | Harm Reduction Journal | Yoon GH, Levengood TW, Davoust MJ, Ogden SN, Kral AH, Cahill SR, Bazzi AR | Community Impacts | USA | qualitative literature review, peer models |
| 2022 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35349308/ | Establishment and Enforcement of Operational Rules at an Unsanctioned Safe Drug Consumption Site in the United States, 2014–2020 | Establishment and Enforcement of Operational Rules at an Unsanctioned Safe Drug Consumption Site in the United States, 2014–2020 | American Journal of Public Health | Davidson PJ, Wenger LD, Lambdin BH, Kral AH | Program Recommendations | USA | norms of practice, crime/policing |
| 2022 | https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2794326 | Overdose Prevention Centers: An Essential Strategy to Address the Overdose Crisis | Overdose Prevention Centers: An Essential Strategy to Address the Overdose Crisis | JAMA Network Open | Samuels EA, Bailer DA, Yolken A | Legal and Policy | USA | commentary, legality |
| 2022 | https://harmreductionjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12954-022-00712-7#:~:text=In%20summary%2C%20we%20found%20that,vulnerability%20and%20drug%2Drelated%20risk. | Difficulty accessing supervised consumption services during the COVID-19 pandemic among people who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada | Difficulty accessing supervised consumption services during the COVID-19 pandemic among people who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada | Harm Reduction Journal | Cassie R, Hayashi K, DeBeck K, Milloy MJ, Cui Z, Strike C, West J, Kennedy MC | Participant and Staff Experience | Canada | COVID19, access |
| 2022 | https://harmreductionjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12954-022-00610-y | Service utilization patterns and characteristics among clients of integrated supervised consumption sites in Toronto, Canada | Service utilization patterns and characteristics among clients of integrated supervised consumption sites in Toronto, Canada | Harm Reduction Journal | Nassau T, Kolla G, Mason K, Hopkins S, Tookey P, McLean E, Werb D, Scheim A | Uptake of OPC Services | Canada | service patterns |
| 2022 | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11414-023-09846-3 | Support for Safe Consumption Sites Among Peer Recovery Coaches | Support for Safe Consumption Sites Among Peer Recovery Coaches | The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research | Pasman E, Brown S, Agius E, Resko SM | Perceptions of OPCs | USA | peer models, structural racism |
| 2022 | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00914509221134716 | “Overdose Has Many Faces”: The Politics of Care in Responding to Overdose at Sydney's Medically Supervised Injecting Centre | “Overdose Has Many Faces”: The Politics of Care in Responding to Overdose at Sydney's Medically Supervised Injecting Centre | Contemporary Drug Problems | Dertadian GC, Yates K | Participant and Staff Experience | Australia | |
| 2022 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36461705/ | Integrated supervised consumption services and hepatitis C testing and treatment among people who inject drugs in Toronto, Canada: A cross-sectional analysis | Integrated supervised consumption services and hepatitis C testing and treatment among people who inject drugs in Toronto, Canada: A cross-sectional analysis | Journal of Viral Hepatitis | Greenwald ZR, Bouck Z, McLean E, Mason K, Lettner B, Broad J, Dodd Z, Nassau T, Scheim AI, Werb D. | Health Impacts | Canada | |
| 2022 | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00220426221093609 | Stakeholders’ Problematisation of Drug Consumption Rooms: A Case Study of the Policy Initiative in Helsinki | Stakeholders’ Problematisation of Drug Consumption Rooms: A Case Study of the Policy Initiative in Helsinki | Journal of Drug Issues | Unlu A, Tammi T, Hakkarainen P | Legal and Policy | USA | |
| 2023 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37748424/ | Impact of a high-volume overdose prevention site on social and drug disorder in surrounding areas in San Francisco | Impact of a high-volume overdose prevention site on social and drug disorder in surrounding areas in San Francisco | Drug and Alcohol Dependence | Davidson PJ, Wenger LD, Morris T, Majano V, Browne EN, Lambdin BH, Suen LW, Kral AH | Community Impacts | ||
| 2023 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37043848/ | Monitoring for fentanyl within Australian supervised injecting facilities: Findings from feasibility testing of novel methods and collaborative workshops | Monitoring for fentanyl within Australian supervised injecting facilities: Findings from feasibility testing of novel methods and collaborative workshops | International Journal of Drug Policy | Nielsen S, Barratt M, Hiley S, Bartlett M, Latimer J, Jauncey M, Roux C, Morelato M, Clark N, Kowalski M, Gilbert M, Francia L, Shipton A, Gerostamoulos D, Glowacki L, Lam T | Program Recommendations | Australia | Drug checking; Fentanyl; Heroin; Immunoassay; Sentinel surveillance; Supervised injecting facilities |
| 2023 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0955395923000543?via%3Dihub | “Another tool in the toolkit”—perceptions, suggestions, and concerns of emergency service providers about the implementation of a supervised consumption site | “Another tool in the toolkit”—perceptions, suggestions, and concerns of emergency service providers about the implementation of a supervised consumption site | International Journal of Drug Policy | Perlmutter D, Wettemann C, Fockele CE, Frohe T, Williams W, Holland N, Oliphant-Wells T, Meischke H, van Draanen J | Perceptions of OPCs | USA | emergency services, qualitative |
| 2023 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0955395922003450 | (Re)situating expertise in community-based overdose response: Insights from an ethnographic study of overdose prevention sites (OPS) in Vancouver, Canada | (Re)situating expertise in community-based overdose response: Insights from an ethnographic study of overdose prevention sites (OPS) in Vancouver, Canada | International Journal of Drug Policy | Olding M, Boyd J, Kerr T, Fowler A, McNeil R | Participant and Staff Experience | Canada | overdose response, peer models, ethnography |
| 2023 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0955395922003504 | “It’s just not the same”: Exploring PWUD’ perceptions of and experiences with drug policy and SCS services change in a Canadian city | “It’s just not the same”: Exploring PWUD’ perceptions of and experiences with drug policy and SCS services change in a Canadian city | International Journal of Drug Policy | Greene C, Maier K, Urbanik M-M | Participant and Staff Experience | USA | mobile health, qualitative |
| 2023 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1353829223001041 | “We just don’t have the space for it”: Geographies of survival and spatial triage in overdose prevention sites | “We just don’t have the space for it”: Geographies of survival and spatial triage in overdose prevention sites | Health & Place | Olding M, Boyd J, Kerr T, McNeil R. | Program Recommendations | USA | homelessness, spatial analysis |
| 2023 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10072795/ | The nation’s first publicly recognized overdose prevention centers: Lessons learned in New York City | The nation’s first publicly recognized overdose prevention centers: Lessons learned in New York City | Journal of Urban Health | Giglio RE, Mantha S, Harocopos A, Saha N, Reilly J, Cipriano C, Kennelly M, Landau L, McRae M, Chokshi DA | Program Recommendations | USA | case study, political support, communication strategies |
| 2023 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S095539592300097X | Barriers and facilitators of Naloxone and safe injection facility interventions to reduce opioid drug-related deaths: A qualitative analysis | Barriers and facilitators of Naloxone and safe injection facility interventions to reduce opioid drug-related deaths: A qualitative analysis | International Journal of Drug Policy | Miller NM, Campbell C, Shorter GW | Program Recommendations | USA | qualitative, stigma, perceptions, police |
| 2023 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37652815/ | Evaluating oxygen monitoring and administration during overdose responses at a sanctioned overdose prevention site in San Francisco, California: A mixed-methods study | Evaluating oxygen monitoring and administration during overdose responses at a sanctioned overdose prevention site in San Francisco, California: A mixed-methods study | International Journal of Drug Policy | Suen LW, Wenger LD, Morris T, Majano V, Davidson PJ, Browne EN, Ray B, Megerian CE, Lambdin BH, Kral AH | Participant and Staff Experience | USA | mixed-methods, use of oxygen, emergency services |
| 2023 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9999333/ | The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on access to supervised consumption programs | The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on access to supervised consumption programs | Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy | Gubskaya E, Kennedy MC, Hayashi K, Cui Z, Milloy MJ, Kerr T | Uptake of OPC Services | USA | COVID19, access |
| 2023 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37735447/ | High willingness to use overdose prevention sites among suburban people who use drugs who do not inject | High willingness to use overdose prevention sites among suburban people who use drugs who do not inject | Harm Reduction Journal | Schneider KE, Urquhart GJ, Rouhani S, Allen ST, Morris M, Sherman SG | Uptake of OPC Services | USA | |
| 2023 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30755131/ | Establishing Sanctioned Safe Consumption Sites in the United States: Five Jurisdictions Moving the Policy Agenda Forward | Establishing Sanctioned Safe Consumption Sites in the United States: Five Jurisdictions Moving the Policy Agenda Forward | Psychiatric Services | Kennedy-Hendricks A, Bluestein J, Kral AH, Barry CL, Sherman SG | Legal and Policy | USA | |
| 2023 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34098293/ | Community perspectives on supervised consumption sites: Insights from four U.S. counties deeply affected by opioids | Community perspectives on supervised consumption sites: Insights from four U.S. counties deeply affected by opioids | Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment | Taylor J, Ober AJ, Kilmer B, Caulkins JP, Iguchi MY | Perceptions of OPCs | USA | |
| 2023 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37955901/ | Overdose Prevention Centers, Crime, and Disorder in New York City | Overdose Prevention Centers, Crime, and Disorder in New York City | JAMA Network Open | Chalfin A, Del Pozo B, Mitre-Becerril D | Community Impacts | USA | |
| 2023 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38070446/ | The name and frame matters when it comes to public support of opioid prevention programs | The name and frame matters when it comes to public support of opioid prevention programs | International Journal of Drug Policy | Johnston JB, Thompson KA | Perceptions of OPCs | USA | |
| 2023 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36549200/ | “It's just not the same”: Exploring PWUD perceptions of and experiences with drug policy and SCS services change in a Canadian City | “It's just not the same”: Exploring PWUD perceptions of and experiences with drug policy and SCS services change in a Canadian City | International Journal of Drug Policy | Greene C, Maier K, Urbanik MM | Participant and Staff Experience | USA | |
| 2023 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38044494/ | Supervised inhalation sites: preventing overdose and reducing health inequities among people who use drugs | Supervised inhalation sites: preventing overdose and reducing health inequities among people who use drugs | Substance Use & Misuse | Lu A, Kim C, Rosen JG, Thompson E, Tardif J, Welwean R, Park JN | Program Recommendations | USA | |
| 2023 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37844109/ | Client experiences using a new supervised consumption service in Sudbury, Ontario: A qualitative study | Client experiences using a new supervised consumption service in Sudbury, Ontario: A qualitative study | PLoS One | Ali F, Russell C, Kaura A, Leslie P, Bayoumi AM, Hopkins S, Wells S | Participant and Staff Experience | Canada | |
| 2024 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39633358/ | Exploring drug consumption rooms as 'inclusion health interventions': policy implications for Europe | Exploring drug consumption rooms as 'inclusion health interventions': policy implications for Europe | Harm Reduction Journal | Scher BD, Chrisinger BW, Humphreys DK, Shorter GW | Participant and Staff Experience | Europe | |
| 2024 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39549834/ | Take Care of the Patient: Pharmacists Should Advocate for Overdose Prevention Centers (OPC) as Harm Reduction | Take Care of the Patient: Pharmacists Should Advocate for Overdose Prevention Centers (OPC) as Harm Reduction | Journal of the American Pharmacists Association | Famiglietti N, Bratberg J | Perceptions of OPCs | USA | |
| 2024 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39546979/ | Frequency of supervised consumption service use and acute care utilization in people who inject drugs | Frequency of supervised consumption service use and acute care utilization in people who inject drugs | Drug and Alcohol Dependence | Scheim AI, Bouck Z, Greenwald ZR, Ling V, Hopkins S, Johnson M, Bayoumi A, Gomes T, Werb D | Uptake of OPC Services | Canada | |
| 2024 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39309537/ | Supervised safe consumption sites - lessons and opportunities for North America | Supervised safe consumption sites - lessons and opportunities for North America | The Lancet Regional Health Americas | Zhu DT, Bajaj SS, Kerr T | Legal and Policy | USA | Supervised safe consumption sites - lessons and opportunities for North America. |
| 2024 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39213827/ | Modeling the impact of a supervised consumption site on HIV and HCV transmission among people who inject drugs in three counties in California, USA | Modeling the impact of a supervised consumption site on HIV and HCV transmission among people who inject drugs in three counties in California, USA | International Journal of Drug Policy | Killion JA, Jegede OS, Werb D, Davidson PJ, Smith LR, Gaines T, Graff Zivin J, Zúñiga ML, Pines HA, Garfein RS, Strathdee SA, Rivera Saldana C, Martin NK | Health Impacts | USA | HIV; Hepatitis C; People who inject drugs; Supervised consumption sites. |
| 2024 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39104059/ | Overdose prevention centres as spaces of safety, trust and inclusion: A causal pathway based on a realist review | Overdose prevention centres as spaces of safety, trust and inclusion: A causal pathway based on a realist review | Drug and Alcohol Review | Stevens A, Keemink JR, Shirley-Beavan S, Khadjesari Z, Artenie A, Vickerman P, Southwell M, Shorter GW | Participant and Staff Experience | Multiple | drug consumption rooms; harm reduction; overdose prevention centres; realist review. |
| 2024 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39068494/ | Perspectives of key interest groups regarding supervised Consumption sites (SCS) and novel virtual harm reduction services / overdose response hotlines and applications: a qualitative Canadian study | Perspectives of key interest groups regarding supervised Consumption sites (SCS) and novel virtual harm reduction services / overdose response hotlines and applications: a qualitative Canadian study | Harm Reduction Journal | Seo B, Rioux W, Teare A, Rider N, Jones S, Taplay P, Ghosh SM | Participant and Staff Experience | Canada | Overdose prevention sites; Overdose response hotlines and apps; Spotting; Substance use; Supervised consumption sites; Virtual overdose response services. |
| 2024 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38798948/ | Accessibility gaps of physical supervised consumption sites in Canada motivating the use of overdose response technology/phone based virtual overdose response services: a retrospective cohort study | Accessibility gaps of physical supervised consumption sites in Canada motivating the use of overdose response technology/phone based virtual overdose response services: a retrospective cohort study | The Lancet Regional Health Americas | Mocanu V, Viste D, Rioux W, Ghosh SM | Uptake of OPC Services | Canada | Harm reduction; Mobile overdose response services; Overdose response; Telehealth. |
| 2024 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38804608/ | "Politics Versus Policy": Qualitative Insights on Stigma and Overdose Prevention Center Policymaking in the United States | "Politics Versus Policy": Qualitative Insights on Stigma and Overdose Prevention Center Policymaking in the United States | Substance Use & Addiction Journal | Koehm K, Rosen JG, Yedinak Gray JL, Tardif J, Thompson E, Park JN | Legal and Policy | USA | drug overdose; harm reduction; opioids; people who use drugs; qualitative research; safe consumption sites. |
| 2024 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38307685/ | Overdose mortality incidence and supervised consumption services in Toronto, Canada: an ecological study and spatial analysis | Overdose mortality incidence and supervised consumption services in Toronto, Canada: an ecological study and spatial analysis | The Lancet Public Health | Rammohan I, Gaines T, Scheim A, Bayoumi A, Werb D. | Community Impacts | Canada | Supervised consumption services (SCS) prevent overdose deaths onsite; population-level overdose mortality in Toronto, ON, Canada |
| 2024 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38378610/ | Feeling safer: effectiveness, feasibility, and acceptability of continuous pulse oximetry for people who smoke opioids at overdose prevention services in British Columbia, Canada | Feeling safer: effectiveness, feasibility, and acceptability of continuous pulse oximetry for people who smoke opioids at overdose prevention services in British Columbia, Canada | Harm Reduction Journal | Moe J, Chavez T, Marr C, Cameron F, Feldman-Kiss D, Wang YE, Xavier JC, Mamdani Z, Purssell RA, Salmon A, Buxton JA | Program Recommendations | Canada | Addiction medicine; Harm reduction; Opioid overdose. |
| 2024 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38401795/ | Economic evaluations of establishing opioid overdose prevention centers in 12 North American cities: a systematic review | Economic evaluations of establishing opioid overdose prevention centers in 12 North American cities: a systematic review | Value in Health | Behrends CN, Leff JA, Lowry W, Li JM, Onuoha EN, Fardone E, Bayoumi AM, McCollister KE, Murphy SM, Schackman BR | Cost Effectiveness | USA | cost-effectiveness analysis; overdose prevention centers; systematic literature review. |
| 2024 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38035448/ | The multiple makings of a supervised consumption service in a hospital setting | The multiple makings of a supervised consumption service in a hospital setting | International Journal of Drug Policy | Long C, Guimond T, Bayoumi AM, Firestone M, Strike C. | Program Recommendations | Canada | Acute care; Evidence-making interventions; Harm reduction; Supervised consumption services. |
| 2024 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37743675/ | Drug consumption rooms are effective to reduce at-risk practices associated with HIV/HCV infections among people who inject drugs: Results from the COSINUS cohort study | Drug consumption rooms are effective to reduce at-risk practices associated with HIV/HCV infections among people who inject drugs: Results from the COSINUS cohort study | Addiction | Lalanne L, Roux P, Donadille C, Briand Madrid L, Célerier I, Chauvin C, Hamelin N, Kervran C, Maradan G, Auriacombe M, Jauffret-Roustide M | Health Impacts | France | |
| 2024 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38424553/ | Association between willingness to use an overdose prevention center and probation or parole status among people who use drugs in Rhode Island | Association between willingness to use an overdose prevention center and probation or parole status among people who use drugs in Rhode Island | Harm Reduction Journal | Tan M, Park C, Goldman J, Biello KB, Buxton J, Hadland SE, Park JN, Sherman SG, Macmadu A, Marshall BDL | Uptake of OPC Services | USA | |
| 2024 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38492432/ | Radical hospitality: Innovative programming to build community and meet the needs of people who use drugs at a government-sanctioned overdose prevention site in San Francisco, California | Radical hospitality: Innovative programming to build community and meet the needs of people who use drugs at a government-sanctioned overdose prevention site in San Francisco, California | International Journal of Drug Policy | Wenger LD, Morris T, Knight KR, Megerian CE, Davidson PJ, Suen LW, Majano V, Lambdin BH, Kral AH | Participant and Staff Experience | USA | |
| 2024 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38525593/ | Perspectives of Canadian Healthcare and Harm Reduction Workers on Mobile Overdose Response Services: A Qualitative Study | Perspectives of Canadian Healthcare and Harm Reduction Workers on Mobile Overdose Response Services: A Qualitative Study | Substance Use & Addiction Journal | Sedaghat N, Seo B, Rider N, Rioux W, Ghosh SM. | Participant and Staff Experience | Canada | |
| 2024 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38514599/ | Bridging the Gap in Harm Reduction Using Mobile Overdose Response Services (MORS) in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study | Bridging the Gap in Harm Reduction Using Mobile Overdose Response Services (MORS) in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study | Journal of Urban Health | Seo B, Rioux W, Rider N, Teare A, Jones S, Taplay P, Ghosh SM. | Participant and Staff Experience | Canada | |
| 2024 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38536600/ | Characterizing Use of Supervised Consumption Services among Street-involved Youth and Young Adults in the Context of an Overdose Crisis | Characterizing Use of Supervised Consumption Services among Street-involved Youth and Young Adults in the Context of an Overdose Crisis | Journal of Urban Health | Lee-Pii K, DeBeck K, Choi J, Sedgemore KO, Kerr T, Kennedy MC | Health Impacts | Canada | Generalized estimating equation analyses; Harm reduction; Overdose prevention sites; Street-involved youth; Supervised consumption services. |
| 2024 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38702702/ | Physiologic oxygen responses to smoking opioids: an observational study using continuous pulse oximetry at overdose prevention services in British Columbia, Canada | Physiologic oxygen responses to smoking opioids: an observational study using continuous pulse oximetry at overdose prevention services in British Columbia, Canada | Harm Reduction Journal | Moe J, Buxton JA, Wang YE, Chavez T, Feldman-Kiss D, Marr C, Purssell RA, Otterstatter M | Program Recommendations | Canada | Pulse oximetry, Oxygen saturation, Smoking, Opioid overdose, Harm reduction |
| 2025 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41125157/ | The short-term impacts of the decriminalization of illegal drug possession on clients dispensed opioid agonist treatment medications and visits to supervised consumption services and overdose prevention services in British Columbia, Canada (2015-2023) | The short-term impacts of the decriminalization of illegal drug possession on clients dispensed opioid agonist treatment medications and visits to supervised consumption services and overdose prevention services in British Columbia, Canada (2015-2023) | Journal of Substance Use & Addiction Treatment | Abdul SA, Jiang H, Russell C, Elton-Marshall T, Ali F, Henderson I, Le Foll B, Kinniburgh B, Smith W, Rehm J, Imtiaz S | Legal and Policy | Canada | Analgesics, Opioid; British Columbia; Canada; Decriminalization; Drug Contamination; Health Policy; Illicit Drugs |
| 2025 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41288977/ | Toronto's Supervised Consumption Sites and Local Crime | Toronto's Supervised Consumption Sites and Local Crime | JAMA Network Open | Panagiotoglou D, Lim J, Ingram G, El Sheikh M, Farhat I, Bjornsson X, Schaefer M | Community Impacts | Canada | |
| 2025 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40960731/ | Supervised consumption sites and population-level overdose mortality: a systematic review of recent evidence, 2016-2024 | Supervised consumption sites and population-level overdose mortality: a systematic review of recent evidence, 2016-2024 | Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada | Gariépy G, Prowse RKM, Plouffe R, Graham E | Health Impacts | Canada | |
| 2025 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40682069/ | Characterizing changes to harm reduction site operations in British Columbia following the implementation of the decriminalization of drugs: Findings from a provincial survey | Characterizing changes to harm reduction site operations in British Columbia following the implementation of the decriminalization of drugs: Findings from a provincial survey | Harm Reduction Journal | Ali F, Russell C, Law J, Imtiaz S, Budau J, Shahin R, MacKinnon L, Griffith D, Patenaude S, Xavier J, Rehm J | Legal and Policy | Canada | Decriminalization; Drug policy; Harm reduction; People who use drugs; Public health |
| 2025 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40474282/ | "We've lost a lot of lives:" the impact of the closure of North America's busiest supervised consumption site on people who use substances and the organizations that work with them | "We've lost a lot of lives:" the impact of the closure of North America's busiest supervised consumption site on people who use substances and the organizations that work with them | Harm Reduction Journal | Magnuson M, Vandenberg S, Oosterbroek T, Dey K | Closure of OPCs | Canada | Harm reduction; Injection site; Overdose prevention sites; Policy; Politics; Supervised consumption sites |
| 2025 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40483912/ | Necropolitics of the North: A rapid ethnography examining the effects of the closure of one of Northern Ontario's only supervised consumption sites | Necropolitics of the North: A rapid ethnography examining the effects of the closure of one of Northern Ontario's only supervised consumption sites | International Journal of Drug Policy | Tucker L, Ibanez-Carasco F, Legault B, Cameron D, Michaud J, Seguin G, Groot E, Jayathilake A, Pelland K, Fritz A, Eisenhauer H, Bardwell G | Closure of OPCs | Canada | Community-based participatory research; Drug policy; Harm reduction; Necropolitics; Peer research; Rapid ethnography; Structural vulnerability; Supervised consumption sites |
| 2025 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40440860/ | Willingness and contextual considerations for supervised consumption sites: a mixed-methods study among people who inject drugs in Stockholm | Willingness and contextual considerations for supervised consumption sites: a mixed-methods study among people who inject drugs in Stockholm | International Journal of Drug Policy | Holmén E, Kåberg M, Lundeberg E, Storbjörk J, Hammarberg A | Perceptions of OPCs | Sweden | Mixed-methods; People who inject drugs; Supervised consumption sites; Sweden |
| 2025 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40360843/ | Expanding supervised consumption services in rural Canada: Bridging gaps | Expanding supervised consumption services in rural Canada: Bridging gaps | Canadian Journal of Public Health | Mirza N, Mathias H, Hyshka E | Canada | Barriers to access; Facilitators to access; Mobile overdose services; Overdose prevention sites (OPS); Rural drug use; Rural harm reduction; Rural supervised consumption; Small population health services; Supervised consumption services (SCS) | |
| 2025 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40361121/ | Study assessing the effectiveness of overdose prevention centers through research (SAFER): an overview of the study protocol | Study assessing the effectiveness of overdose prevention centers through research (SAFER): an overview of the study protocol | Harm Reduction Journal | Magdalena C, Bennett LA, Alexandra BC, Czarina NB, Michele S, Victoria J, Brandon DLM | USA | ||
| 2025 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40318235/ | Exploring the need for overdose prevention centers in England: A qualitative community-based participatory study on the perspectives of people who use drugs in public and semi-public environments | Exploring the need for overdose prevention centers in England: A qualitative community-based participatory study on the perspectives of people who use drugs in public and semi-public environments | International Journal of Drug Policy | Scher BD, Southwell M, Harris M, Stevens A, Chrisinger BW, Humphreys DK, Shorter GW | Perceptions of OPCs | UK | Co-production; Community-based participatory research; Drug consumption rooms; Overdose prevention centres; People who use drugs; Public/semi-public drug consumption environments; Risk environment framework; Supervised consumption sites. |
| 2025 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0277953625004861#:~:text=To%20facilitate%20epidemiological%20evaluation%20of,plausible%20comparison%20group%2C%20micro%20vs. | Considerations for the epidemiological evaluation of hyperlocal interventions: A case study of the New York City overdose prevention centers | Considerations for the epidemiological evaluation of hyperlocal interventions: A case study of the New York City overdose prevention centers | Social Science & Medicine | USA | Harm reduction; Overdose; Overdose prevention centers; Safe consumption; Study protocol | ||
| 2025 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40027373/ | Investigating the spatial association between supervised consumption services and homicide rates in Toronto, Canada, 2010-2023: an ecological analysis | Investigating the spatial association between supervised consumption services and homicide rates in Toronto, Canada, 2010-2023: an ecological analysis | The Lancet Regional Health Americas | Werb D, Sung HS, Na Y, Rammohan I, Eeuwes J, Smoke A, Owusu-Bempah A, Kerr T, Karamouzian M | Community Impacts | Canada | Harm reduction; Homicide; Interrupted time series; Public safety; Spatial analysis; Supervised consumption services; Toronto |
| 2025 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40208386/ | Community Acceptability of the First State-Authorized Overdose Prevention Center in the United States | Community Acceptability of the First State-Authorized Overdose Prevention Center in the United States | Journal of Urban Health | Shaw LC, Goldman JE, Lenox CA, Krieger MS, Marshall BDL, Macmadu A | Perceptions of OPCs | USA | |
| 2025 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40251645/ | Facilitating access to supervised smoking facilities: a qualitative study | Facilitating access to supervised smoking facilities: a qualitative study | Harm Reduction Journal | Wettemann C, Morgan J, Taylor T, Boll A, Maxwell S, Richardson L, Nolan S, van Draanen J | Participant and Staff Experience | Canada | Equity; Harm reduction; Implementation; Peer worker; Supervised consumption site |
| 2025 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40233868/ | A quantitative bias analysis of the association between supervised consumption service use and sharing of injection equipment among people who inject drugs in Toronto, Canada | A quantitative bias analysis of the association between supervised consumption service use and sharing of injection equipment among people who inject drugs in Toronto, Canada | Annals of Epidemiology | Nassau T, Bouck Z, Welles SL, Evans AA, Hopkins S, Tookey P, Werb D, Scheim AI | Health Impacts | Canada | |
| 2025 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39805406/ | A qualitative study exploring the feasibility and acceptability of embedding an overdose prevention sites in a U.S. hospital | A qualitative study exploring the feasibility and acceptability of embedding an overdose prevention sites in a U.S. hospital | Journal of Substance Use & Addiction Treatment | French R, McFadden R, Lowenstein M, O'Donnell N, Perrone J, Aronowitz S, Thakrar AP, Schachter A, Turi E, Compton P | Perceptions of OPCs | USA | Harm reduction; Hospitals; Overdose prevention sites; People who use drugs. |
| 2025 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39806415/ | The implementation of safer drug consumption facilities in Scotland: a mixed methods needs assessment and feasibility study for the city of Edinburgh | The implementation of safer drug consumption facilities in Scotland: a mixed methods needs assessment and feasibility study for the city of Edinburgh | Harm Reduction Journal | Nicholls J, Masterton W, Falzon D, McAuley A, Carver H, Skivington K, Dumbrell J, Perkins A, Steele S, Trayner K, Parkes T | Perceptions of OPCs | Scotland | Drug consumption; Drug consumption rooms; Drug policy; Harm reduction; Needs assessment; Scotland. |
| 2025 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39845380/ | Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on supervised consumption service delivery in Vancouver and Surrey, Canada from the perspective of service providers | Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on supervised consumption service delivery in Vancouver and Surrey, Canada from the perspective of service providers | Discover Public Health | Singh Kelsall T, Olding M, Myketiak T, Puri N, Hayashi K, Kerr T, Kennedy MC | Participant and Staff Experience | Canada | COVID-19; Drug toxicity; Harm reduction; Healthcare work; Substance use; Supervised consumption |
| 2025 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41604150/ | Health, Costs, and Injection-Related Infections at a Hypothetical Overdose Prevention Center | Health, Costs, and Injection-Related Infections at a Hypothetical Overdose Prevention Center | JAMA Network Open | Padmanabhan P, Tin Y, Nall SK, Al-Tayyib A, Yoder T, Yamkovoy K, Fotso K, Christine PJ, Jurecka C, Raville L, Kline DM, Barocas JA. | Community Impacts | USA | |
| 2025 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40122346/ | "A safe place to use": People who use drugs' perceptions and preferences prior to the implementation of Rhode Island's first overdose prevention center | "A safe place to use": People who use drugs' perceptions and preferences prior to the implementation of Rhode Island's first overdose prevention center | Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment | Dunham K, Macon EC, Perry A, Tan M, Marshall BDL, Collins AB. | Uptake of OPC Services | USA | Drug use; Overdose prevention; Overdose response; Qualitative. |
| 2025 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41613410/ | An Examination of How People Who Use Drugs Conceptualize the Benefits and Drawbacks of Using Overdose Prevention Centers | An Examination of How People Who Use Drugs Conceptualize the Benefits and Drawbacks of Using Overdose Prevention Centers | Contemporary Drug Problems | Frank D, Bennett AS, Elliott L, Scheidell JD, Walters SM, Cleland CM. | Uptake of OPC Services | USA | OnPoint; harm reduction; overdose; overdose prevention center (OPC). |
| 2025 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41454367/ | “Because we’re the experts”: centering the expertise of people who use drugs to identify and propose solutions for overdose prevention | “Because we’re the experts”: centering the expertise of people who use drugs to identify and propose solutions for overdose prevention | Harm Reduction Journal | Bailey EJ, Becker M, Morrow J, Schaefer R, Angeles S, Kemp P, Crews Z, Mijal K, Striebel J, Conway CJ, Claypool E, Seal DW, Salisbury-Afshar EM, Westergaard RP, Gicquelais RE. | Program Recommendations | USA | Community advisory board; Harm reduction; Overdose; People who use drugs. |
| 2025 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39964190/ | Comparing Harm Reduction Vending Machines and In-Person Overdose Prevention Services in Practice: A Case Study From Rhode Island | Comparing Harm Reduction Vending Machines and In-Person Overdose Prevention Services in Practice: A Case Study From Rhode Island | Journal of Public Health Management and Practice | Shaw LC, Brown EA, Creegan E, Bertrand TE, Ogundare S, Park CJ, Berk J, Chan PA, Marshall BDL. | Program Recommendations | USA | access to care; harm reduction; naloxone; overdose prevention; substance use disorders. |
| 2025 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40355403/ | Harm Reduction Research: A Vital Step in Combating the Opioid Overdose Crisis | Harm Reduction Research: A Vital Step in Combating the Opioid Overdose Crisis | Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs | Rigg KK. | Uptake of OPC Services | USA | |
| 2025 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40484964/ | U.S. substance use harm reduction efforts: a review of the current state of policy, policy barriers, and recommendations | U.S. substance use harm reduction efforts: a review of the current state of policy, policy barriers, and recommendations | Harm Reduction Journal | Pridgen BE, Bontemps AP, Lloyd AR, Wagner WP, Kay ES, Eaton EF, Cropsey KL. | Legal and Policy | USA | Drug checking equipment; Medications for opioid use disorder; Naloxone; Overdose prevention centers; Pre-exposure prophylaxis; Syringe service programs. |
| 2025 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40682109/ | "I think that that really could benefit a lonely user:" perceptions of overdose response hotlines among people who use opioids | "I think that that really could benefit a lonely user:" perceptions of overdose response hotlines among people who use opioids | Harm Reduction Journal | Gicquelais RE, Chenoweth RP, Jacobson N, Conway C, Bryan GM. | Program Recommendations | USA | E-harm reduction; Overdose; Overdose response hotlines; People who use drugs. |
| 2025 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39689280/ | Harm Reduction: The Neglected Pillar of US Drug Policy | Harm Reduction: The Neglected Pillar of US Drug Policy | Annual Review of Public Health | Saloner B, Heller D, Davis CS, Sherman SG. | Legal and Policy | USA | PWUD; harm reduction policy; overdose; overdose prevention centers; people who use drugs; safer supply programs; syringe services programs. |
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| 2010 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20148794/ | The impact of a supervised injecting facility onambulance call-outs in Sydney,Australia | The impact of a supervised injecting facility onambulance call-outs in Sydney,Australia | Community Impacts | Australia | Society for the Study of Addiction | Salmon AM, van Beek I, Amin J, Kaldor J, Maher L | |||
| 2010 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20653622/ | Is Vancouver Canada's supervised injection facility cost-saving? | Is Vancouver Canada's supervised injection facility cost-saving? | Cost Effectiveness | Canada | Society for the Study of Addiction | Pinkerton SD | |||
| 2010 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19423324/ | A cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis of Vancouver's supervised injection facility | A cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis of Vancouver's supervised injection facility | Cost Effectiveness | Canada | International Journal of Drug Policy | Andresen MA, Boyd N | |||
| 2010 | https://www.bocsar.nsw.gov.au/Pages/bocsar_publication/Pub_Summary/BB/bb51-Trends-in-property-and-illicit-drug-crime-around-the-medically-supervised-injecting-centre-in-Kings-Cross-an-update.aspx | Trends in Property and Illicit drug crime around the Medically Supervised Injecting Centre in Kings Cross: An update | Trends in Property and Illicit drug crime around the Medically Supervised Injecting Centre in Kings Cross: An update | Community Impacts | Australia | NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research | Fitzgerald J, Burgess M, Snowball L | |||
| 2010 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19776079/ | Inability to access addiction treatment and risk of HIV infection among injection drug users recruited from a supervised injection facility | Inability to access addiction treatment and risk of HIV infection among injection drug users recruited from a supervised injection facility | Health Impacts | USA | Journal of Public Health | Milloy MJ, Kerr T, Zhang R, Tyndall M, Montaner J, Wood E | |||
| 2010 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2885552/#:~:text=Eighty%2Dfive%20percent%20(513%2F,use%20it%20less%20than%20weekly. | Acceptability of a safer injection facility among injection drug users in San Francisco | Acceptability of a safer injection facility among injection drug users in San Francisco | Uptake of OPC Services | USA | Drug and Alcohol Dependence | Kral AH, Wenger L, Carpenter L, Wood E, Kerr T, Bourgois P | |||
| 2010 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20025446/ | Longitudinal observation of a sample of German drug consumption facility clients | Longitudinal observation of a sample of German drug consumption facility clients | Uptake of OPC Services | USA | Substance Use & Misuse | Scherbaum N, Specka M, Schifano F, Bombeck J, Marrziniak B. | |||
| 2011 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21450450/ | How many HIV infections are prevented by Vancouver Canada's supervised injection facility? | How many HIV infections are prevented by Vancouver Canada's supervised injection facility? | Health Impacts | Canada | International Journal of Drug Policy | Pinkerton SD. | |||
| 2011 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20874006/ | IDU perspectives on the design and operation of North America's first medically supervised injection facility | IDU perspectives on the design and operation of North America's first medically supervised injection facility | Program Recommendations | USA | Substance Use & Misuse | Small W, Ainsworth L, Wood E, Kerr T | |||
| 2011 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21345231/ | Public crack cocaine smoking and willingness to use a supervised inhalation facility: implications for street disorder | Public crack cocaine smoking and willingness to use a supervised inhalation facility: implications for street disorder | Uptake of OPC Services | USA | Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy | DeBeck K, Buxton J, Kerr T, Qi J, Montaner J, Wood E | |||
| 2011 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22010805/ | Use of North America's First Medically Supervised Safer Injecting Facility Among HIV-Positive Injection Drug Users | Use of North America's First Medically Supervised Safer Injecting Facility Among HIV-Positive Injection Drug Users | Uptake of OPC Services | USA | AIDS Education and Prevention | Reddon H, Wood E, Tyndall M, Lai C, Hogg R, Montaner J, Kerr T | |||
| 2011 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21515001/ | Potential role of safer injection facilities in reducing HIV and Hepatitis C infections and overdose mortality in the United States | Potential role of safer injection facilities in reducing HIV and Hepatitis C infections and overdose mortality in the United States | Health Impacts | USA | Drug and Alcohol Dependence | Semaan S, Fleming P, Worrell C, Stolp H, Baack B, Miller M | |||
| 2011 | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1049732311400919 | Injection drug users' access to a supervised injection facility in Vancouver, Canada: the influence of operating policies and local drug culture | Injection drug users' access to a supervised injection facility in Vancouver, Canada: the influence of operating policies and local drug culture | Participant and Staff Experience | Canada | Qualitative Health Research | Small W, Shoveller J, Moore D, Tyndall M, Wood E, Kerr T | |||
| 2011 | https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(10)62353-7/fulltext | Reduction in overdose mortality after the opening of North America’s first medically supervised safer injecting facility: a retrospective population-based study | Reduction in overdose mortality after the opening of North America’s first medically supervised safer injecting facility: a retrospective population-based study | Health Impacts | USA | Lancet | Marshall B, Milloy MJ, Wood E, Montaner J, Kerr T | |||
| 2011 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20800976/ | Injection drug use cessation and use of North America's first medically supervised safer injecting facility | Injection drug use cessation and use of North America's first medically supervised safer injecting facility | Health Impacts | USA | Drug and Alcohol Dependence | DeBeck K, Kerr T, Bird L, Zhang R, Marsh D, Tyndall M, Montaner J, Wood E | |||
| 2011 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3799861/#:~:text=Of%20these%20341%20observations%2C%20106,involved%20some%20dislike%20of%20the | Use of North America's First Medically Supervised Safer Injecting Facility Among HIV+ Injection Drug Users | Use of North America's First Medically Supervised Safer Injecting Facility Among HIV+ Injection Drug Users | Uptake of OPC Services | USA | AIDS Education and Prevention | Reddon H, Wood E, Tyndall M, Lai C, Hogg R, Montaner J, Kerr T | |||
| 2011 | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/009145091103800106 | Accidental Intimacy: Transformative Emotion and the Sydney Medically Supervised Injecting Centre | Accidental Intimacy: Transformative Emotion and the Sydney Medically Supervised Injecting Centre | Participant and Staff Experience | Australia | Contemporary Drug Problems | Rance, J., & Fraser, S | |||
| 2011 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21334185/ | The prospect of implementing a Safer Injection Facility in San Francisco: Perspectives of community stakeholders | The prospect of implementing a Safer Injection Facility in San Francisco: Perspectives of community stakeholders | Perceptions of OPCs | USA | International Journal of Drug Policy | Wenger LD, Arreola SG, Kral AH | |||
| 2012 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22216907/ | Police Perceptions of Supervised Consumption Sites (SCSs): A Qualitative Study | Police Perceptions of Supervised Consumption Sites (SCSs): A Qualitative Study | Perceptions of OPCs | USA | Substance Use & Misuse | Watson TM, Bayoumi A, Kolla G, Penn R, Fischer B, Luce J, Strike C | |||
| 2012 | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13698575.2012.680950 | Perceptions of risk and safety within injection settings: Injection drug users' reasons for attending a supervised injecting facility in Vancouver, Canada | Perceptions of risk and safety within injection settings: Injection drug users' reasons for attending a supervised injecting facility in Vancouver, Canada | Participant and Staff Experience | Canada | Health, Risk & Society | Small W, Moore D, Shoveller J, Wood E, Kerr T | |||
| 2012 | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/082585971202800308 | Harm reduction and palliative care: is there a role for supervised drug consumption services? | Harm reduction and palliative care: is there a role for supervised drug consumption services? | Program Recommendations | USA | Journal of Pallative Care | McNeil R, Guirguis-Younger M | |||
| 2012 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22549176/ | Public health understandings of policy and power: lessons from INSITE | Public health understandings of policy and power: lessons from INSITE | Legal and Policy | USA | Journal of Urban Health | Fafard P | |||
| 2013 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23777651/ | Supervised consumption rooms: The French Paradox | Supervised consumption rooms: The French Paradox | Legal and Policy | USA | International Journal of Drug Policy | Jauffret-Roustide M, Pedrono G, Beltzer N | |||
| 2013 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0955395912001260 | Design considerations for supervised consumption facilities (SCFs): Preferences for facilities where people can inject and smoke drugs | Design considerations for supervised consumption facilities (SCFs): Preferences for facilities where people can inject and smoke drugs | Program Recommendations | USA | International Journal of Drug Policy | Tara Marie Watsona , Carol Strike, Gillian Kolla, Rebecca Pennb , Jennifer Jairamc , Shaun Hopkins, Janine Lucee, Naushaba Degani, Peggy Millson, Ahmed M. Bayoumi | |||
| 2013 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23414093/ | Should North America’s first and only supervised injection facility (InSite) be expanded in British Columbia, Canada? | Should North America’s first and only supervised injection facility (InSite) be expanded in British Columbia, Canada? | Community Impacts | Canada | Harm Reduction Journal | Jozaghi E, Andresen MM | |||
| 2013 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24256157/ | Regaining control: The patient experience of supervised compared with unsupervised consumption in opiate substitution treatment | Regaining control: The patient experience of supervised compared with unsupervised consumption in opiate substitution treatment | Participant and Staff Experience | USA | Drug and Alcohol Review | Notley C, Holland R, Maskrey V, Nagar J, Kouimtsidis C | |||
| 2013 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3796591/ | Supervised injection sites: Prejudice should not trump evidence of benefit | Supervised injection sites: Prejudice should not trump evidence of benefit | Legal and Policy | USA | Canadian Medial Associan Journal | Zlotorzynska M, Wood E, Montaner JS, Kerr T | |||
| 2013 | https://journals.lww.com/jan/Fulltext/2013/04000/Stigmatizing_Harm_Reduction_Through_Language__A.6.aspx | Stigmatizing harm reduction through language: A case study into the use of "addict" and opposition to supervised injection sites in Canada | Stigmatizing harm reduction through language: A case study into the use of "addict" and opposition to supervised injection sites in Canada | Perceptions of OPCs | Canada | Journal of Addictions Nursing | Cortina SC | |||
| 2013 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23837814/ | A cost-benefit/cost-effectiveness analysis of proposed supervised injection facilities in Montreal, Canada | A cost-benefit/cost-effectiveness analysis of proposed supervised injection facilities in Montreal, Canada | Cost Effectiveness | Canada | Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy | Jozaghi E, Reid AA, Andresen MA | |||
| 2013 | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2747/0272-3638.33.8.1144 | "A Little Heaven in Hell": The Role of a Supervised Injection Facility in Transforming Place | "A Little Heaven in Hell": The Role of a Supervised Injection Facility in Transforming Place | Participant and Staff Experience | USA | Urban Geography | Jozaghi E | |||
| 2014 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25456324/ | Supervised injection services: What has been demonstrated? A systematic literature review | Supervised injection services: What has been demonstrated? A systematic literature review | Health Impacts | USA | Drug and Alcohol Dependence | Potier C, Laprévote V, Dubois-Arber F, Cottencin O, Rolland B | |||
| 2014 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25091704/ | A cost-benefit/cost-effectiveness analysis of proposed supervised injection facilities in Ottawa, Canada | A cost-benefit/cost-effectiveness analysis of proposed supervised injection facilities in Ottawa, Canada | Cost Effectiveness | Canada | Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy | Jozaghi E, Reid AA, Andresen MA, Juneau A | |||
| 2014 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24925493/ | Use of a Medically Supervised Injection Facility Among Street Youth | Use of a Medically Supervised Injection Facility Among Street Youth | Uptake of OPC Services | USA | Journal of Adolescent Health | Hadland SE, DeBeck K, Kerr T, Nguyen P, Simo A, Montaner JS, Wood E | |||
| 2014 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24795288/ | Timing of income assistance payment and overdose patterns at a Canadian supervised injection facility | Timing of income assistance payment and overdose patterns at a Canadian supervised injection facility | Health Impacts | USA | International Journal of Drug Policy | Zlotorzynska M, Milloy MJ, Richardson L, Nguyen P, Montaner JS, Wood E, Kerr T | |||
| 2014 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24520984/ | Increasing public support for supervised injection facilities in Ontario, Canada | Increasing public support for supervised injection facilities in Ontario, Canada | Perceptions of OPCs | Canada | Addiction | Strike C, Jairam JA, Kolla G, Millson P, Shepherd S, Fischer B, Watson TM, Bayoumi AM | |||
| 2014 | https://harmreductionjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1477-7517-11-29 | Self-reported changes in drug use behaviors and syringe disposal methods following the opening of a supervised injecting facility in Copenhagen, Denmark | Self-reported changes in drug use behaviors and syringe disposal methods following the opening of a supervised injecting facility in Copenhagen, Denmark | Health Impacts | USA | Harm Reduction Journal | Kinnard, E.N., Howe, C.J., Kerr, T | |||
| 2014 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24256157/ | Regaining control: The patient experience of supervised compared with unsupervised consumption in opiate substitution treatment | Regaining control: The patient experience of supervised compared with unsupervised consumption in opiate substitution treatment | Participant and Staff Experience | USA | Drug and Alcohol Review | Notley C, Holland R, Maskrey V, Nagar J, Kouimtsidis C | |||
| 2014 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23797831/ | “People Knew They Could Come Here to Get Help”: An Ethnographic Study of Assisted Injection Practices at a Peer-Run ‘Unsanctioned’ Supervised Drug Consumption Room in a Canadian Setting | “People Knew They Could Come Here to Get Help”: An Ethnographic Study of Assisted Injection Practices at a Peer-Run ‘Unsanctioned’ Supervised Drug Consumption Room in a Canadian Setting | Participant and Staff Experience | USA | AIDS Behavior | McNeil R, Small W, Lampkin H, Shannon K, Kerr T | |||
| 2014 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24572642/ | Drug consumption rooms and the role of politics and governance in policy processes | Drug consumption rooms and the role of politics and governance in policy processes | Legal and Policy | USA | International Journal of Drug Policy | Houborg E, Frank VA | |||
| 2015 | https://harmreductionjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12954-015-0083-9 | Risk environments facing potential users of a supervised injection site in Ottawa, Canada | Risk environments facing potential users of a supervised injection site in Ottawa, Canada | Uptake of OPC Services | Canada | Harm Reduction Journal | Shaw, A., Lazarus, L., Pantalone, T | |||
| 2015 | https://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/16386592/InSite%20Paper.pdf | Inside Insite: How a Localized Social Movement Led the Way for North America’s First Legal Supervised Injection Site | Inside Insite: How a Localized Social Movement Led the Way for North America’s First Legal Supervised Injection Site | Legal and Policy | USA | Harvard Library | Harati DF | |||
| 2015 | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3109/09687637.2015.1034239 | Drugs don’t have age limits”: The challenge of setting age restrictions for supervised injection facilities | Drugs don’t have age limits”: The challenge of setting age restrictions for supervised injection facilities | Program Recommendations | USA | Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy | Tara Marie Watson, Carol Strike, Gillian Kolla, Rebecca Penn & Ahmed M. Bayoumi | |||
| 2015 | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1057567715583516 | The Potential Role for Supervised Injection Facilities in Canada’s Largest City, Toronto | The Potential Role for Supervised Injection Facilities in Canada’s Largest City, Toronto | Cost Effectiveness | Canada | International Criminal Justice Review | Jozaghi, E., & Reid, A. A | |||
| 2015 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4546245/ | Ambivalence about supervised injection facilities among community stakeholders | Ambivalence about supervised injection facilities among community stakeholders | Perceptions of OPCs | USA | Harm Reduction Journal | Strike C, Watson TM, Kolla G, Penn R, Bayoumi AM | |||
| 2015 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4412787/ | Willingness to access an in-hospital supervised injection facility among hospitalized people who use illicit drugs | Willingness to access an in-hospital supervised injection facility among hospitalized people who use illicit drugs | Uptake of OPC Services | USA | Journal of Hospital Medicine | Ti L, Buxton J, Harrison S, Dobrer S, Montaner J, Wood E, Kerr T | |||
| 2015 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26029896/ | Examining the potential role of a supervised injection facility in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, to avert HIV among people who inject drugs | Examining the potential role of a supervised injection facility in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, to avert HIV among people who inject drugs | Cost Effectiveness | USA | Int J Health Policy Manag. | Jozaghi E, Jackson A | |||
| 2015 | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02723638.2015.1053200 | Is there a role for potential supervised injection facilities in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada? | Is there a role for potential supervised injection facilities in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada? | Cost Effectiveness | Canada | Urban Geography | Ehsan Jozaghi, Tarah Hodgkinson & Martin A. Andresen | |||
| 2015 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4435884/#:~:text=Ottawa%2C%20Ont.&text=The%20House%20of%20Commons%20has,operation%20of%20an%20existing%20clinic. | Legislation jeopardizes safe injection sites | Legislation jeopardizes safe injection sites | Legal and Policy | USA | CMAJ | Eggertson L | |||
| 2015 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1353829214001889?casa_token=hmgOTXJ5Im0AAAAA:6CKXU07mFsDFNv_w0V-RcovmzSGu9N5zvY7rErOJIuiQkfDSFogUCbBY4WaA3dq_6YJvdNxZlv0 | Mobilizing drug consumption rooms: inter-place networks and harm reduction drug policy | Mobilizing drug consumption rooms: inter-place networks and harm reduction drug policy | Legal and Policy | USA | Health & Place | Mcann E, Temenos C | |||
| 2015 | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0091450915569724 | Comparing Drug Policy Windows Internationally: Drug Consumption Room Policy Making in Canada and England and Wales | Comparing Drug Policy Windows Internationally: Drug Consumption Room Policy Making in Canada and England and Wales | Legal and Policy | Canada | Contemporary Drug Problems | Hayle, S | |||
| 2015 | https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/DAT-03-2015-0007/full/html | From civil disobedience to drug users’ well-being: grass-roots activity and the establishment of drug consumption rooms in Denmark | From civil disobedience to drug users’ well-being: grass-roots activity and the establishment of drug consumption rooms in Denmark | Legal and Policy | USA | Drugs and Alcohol Today | SK Ankjærgaard | |||
| 2015 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25683138/ | “We need somewhere to smoke crack”: An ethnographic study of an unsanctioned safer smoking room in Vancouver, Canada | “We need somewhere to smoke crack”: An ethnographic study of an unsanctioned safer smoking room in Vancouver, Canada | Participant and Staff Experience | Canada | International Journal of Drug Policy | McNeil R, Kerr T, Lampkin H, Small W | |||
| 2016 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27306441/ | A qualitative study of how Danish drug consumption rooms influence health and well-being among people who use drugs | A qualitative study of how Danish drug consumption rooms influence health and well-being among people who use drugs | Health Impacts | USA | Harm Reduction Journal | Kappel N, Toth E, Tegner J, Lauridsen S | |||
| 2016 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27717366/ | A cross-sectional national survey assessing self-reported drug intake behavior, contact with the primary sector and drug treatment among service users of Danish drug consumption rooms | A cross-sectional national survey assessing self-reported drug intake behavior, contact with the primary sector and drug treatment among service users of Danish drug consumption rooms | Participant and Staff Experience | USA | Harm Reduction Journal | Toth EC, Tegner J, Lauridsen S, Kappel N | |||
| 2016 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27750104/ | Risk of fentanyl overdose among clients of the Sydney Medically Supervised Injecting Centre | Risk of fentanyl overdose among clients of the Sydney Medically Supervised Injecting Centre | Health Impacts | Australia | International Drug Policy | Latimer J, Ling S, Flaherty I, Jauncey M, Salmon AM | |||
| 2016 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27733167/ | Mental health among clients of the Sydney Medically Supervised Injecting Centre (MSIC) | Mental health among clients of the Sydney Medically Supervised Injecting Centre (MSIC) | Health Impacts | Australia | Harm Reduction Journal | Goodhew M, Salmon AM, Marel C, Mills KL, Jauncey M | |||
| 2017 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28893455/ | ‘Enjoying the kick’: Locating pleasure within the drug consumption room | ‘Enjoying the kick’: Locating pleasure within the drug consumption room | Participant and Staff Experience | USA | International Journal of Drug Policy | Duncan T, Duff C, Sebar B, Lee J | |||
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| 2017 | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23311886.2017.1398207 | Factors concerning access to a potential drug consumption room in Dublin, Ireland | Factors concerning access to a potential drug consumption room in Dublin, Ireland | Uptake of OPC Services | USA | Cogent Social Sciences | Atkin-Brenninkmeyer E, Larkan F & Comiskey C | |||
| 2017 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28875422/ | Public Health and Public Order Outcomes Associated with Supervised Drug Consumption Facilities: a Systematic Review | Public Health and Public Order Outcomes Associated with Supervised Drug Consumption Facilities: a Systematic Review | Community Impacts | USA | Current HIV/Aids Reports | Kennedy MC, Karamouzian M, Kerr T | |||
| 2017 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5308167/ | Overdose Prevention in the United States: A Call for Supervised Injection Sites | Overdose Prevention in the United States: A Call for Supervised Injection Sites | Legal and Policy | USA | American Journal of Public Health | Kennedy MC, Kerr T | |||
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| 2017 | https://www.ajpmonline.org/article/s0749-3797(17)30316-1/fulltext | Addressing the nation’s opioid epidemic: lessons from an unsanctioned supervised injection site in the US | Addressing the nation’s opioid epidemic: lessons from an unsanctioned supervised injection site in the US | Health Impacts | USA | American Journal of Preventative Medicine | Kral AH, Davidson PJ | |||
| 2017 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0955395917303614?via%3Dihub | Using drugs in un/safe spaces: impact of perceived illegality on an underground supervised injecting facility in the United States. | Using drugs in un/safe spaces: impact of perceived illegality on an underground supervised injecting facility in the United States. | Legal and Policy | USA | International Journal of Drug Policy | Davidson PJ, Lopez AM, Kral AH | |||
| 2017 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28709471/ | Acceptability and design preferences of supervised injection services among people who inject drugs in a mid-sized Canadian City | Acceptability and design preferences of supervised injection services among people who inject drugs in a mid-sized Canadian City | Program Recommendations | USA | Harm Reduction Journal | Mitra S, Rachlis B, Scheim A, Bardwell G, Rourke SB, Kerr T. | |||
| 2018 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29241143/ | Perceptions about supervised injection facilities among people who inject drugs in Philadelphia | Perceptions about supervised injection facilities among people who inject drugs in Philadelphia | Perceptions of OPCs | International Journal of Drug Policy | Harris RE, Richardson J, Frasso R, Anderson ED | ||||
| 2018 | https://harmreductionjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12954-018-0252-8 | Evaluation of a Fentanyl Drug Checking Service for Clients of a Supervised Injection Facility, Vancouver, Canada | Evaluation of a Fentanyl Drug Checking Service for Clients of a Supervised Injection Facility, Vancouver, Canada | Participant and Staff Experience | Canada | Harm Reduction Journal | Karamouzian M, Dohoo C, Forsting, S, McNeil R, Kerr T, Lysyshyn M | |||
| 2018 | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1080/08897077.2018.1485130 | Ambulance-Attended Opioid Overdoses: An Examination Into Overdose Locations and the Role of a Safe Injection Facility | Ambulance-Attended Opioid Overdoses: An Examination Into Overdose Locations and the Role of a Safe Injection Facility | Community Impacts | USA | Substance Abuse | Madah-Amiri, D, Skulberg AK, Braarud, A, Dale O, Heyerdahl F, Lobmaier P, Clausen, T | |||
| 2018 | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1080/08897077.2017.1365804?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed | The willingness of people who inject drugs in Boston to use a supervised injection facility | The willingness of people who inject drugs in Boston to use a supervised injection facility | Uptake of OPC Services | USA | Substance Abuse | León C, Cardoso L, Mackin S, Bock B, Gaeta JM | |||
| 2018 | https://www.jsatjournal.com/article/S0740-5472(19)30080-7/fulltext | Estimated impact of supervised injection facilities on overdose fatalities and healthcare costs in New York City. | Estimated impact of supervised injection facilities on overdose fatalities and healthcare costs in New York City. | Cost Effectiveness | USA | Journal of Substance Use & Addiction Treatment | Behrends CN, Paone D, Nolan ML, Tuazon E, Murphy SM, Kapadia SN, Jeng PJ, Bayoumi AM, Kunins HV, Schackman BR. | |||
| 2018 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29481827/ | Public support for safe consumption sites and syringe services programs to combat the opioid epidemic | Public support for safe consumption sites and syringe services programs to combat the opioid epidemic | Perceptions of OPCs | USA | Preventative Medicine | McGinty EE, Barry CL, Stone EM, Niederdeppe J, Kennedy-Hendricks A, Linden S, Sherman SG | |||
| 2019 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31168733/ | Overdose Prevention Site Acceptability among Residents and Businesses Surrounding a Proposed Site in Philadelphia, USA | Overdose Prevention Site Acceptability among Residents and Businesses Surrounding a Proposed Site in Philadelphia, USA | Perceptions of OPCs | USA | Journal of Urban Health | Roth AM, Kral AH, Mitchell A, Mukherjee R, Davidson P, Lankenau SE | |||
| 2019 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0955395919300027?via%3Dihub | The projected costs and benefits of a supervised injection facility in Seattle, WA, USA | The projected costs and benefits of a supervised injection facility in Seattle, WA, USA | Cost Effectiveness | USA | International Journal of Drug Policy | Hood JE, Behrends CN, Irwin A, Schackman BR, Chan D, Hartfield K, Hess J, Banta-Green C, Whiteside L, Finegood B, Duchin J | |||
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| 2019 | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11469-019-00130-0 | Public Knowledge of and Support for Supervised Injection Sites in a Metropolitan Canadian Region | Public Knowledge of and Support for Supervised Injection Sites in a Metropolitan Canadian Region | Perceptions of OPCs | USA | International Journal of Health and Addiction | Mrazovac A, O'Boyle J, Watts C, Sharma T, Ciccarelli M, Leshuk T, Lachhman R, Michael S, Manwell L | |||
| 2019 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0955395919300258?via%3Dihub | The implementation of overdose prevention sites as a novel and nimble response during an illegal drug overdose public health emergency | The implementation of overdose prevention sites as a novel and nimble response during an illegal drug overdose public health emergency | Legal and Policy | USA | International Journal of Drug Policy | Wallace B, Pagan F, Pauly BB | |||
| 2019 | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0091450920912495 | Managing Coexistence: Resident Experiences of the Open Drug Scene and Drug Consumption Rooms in Inner Vesterbro, Copenhagen | Managing Coexistence: Resident Experiences of the Open Drug Scene and Drug Consumption Rooms in Inner Vesterbro, Copenhagen | Community Impacts | Denmark | Contemporary Drug Problems | Bancroft M, Houborg E | |||
| 2019 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31470864/ | Acceptability of safe drug consumption spaces among people who inject drugs in rural West Virginia | Acceptability of safe drug consumption spaces among people who inject drugs in rural West Virginia | Uptake of OPC Services | USA | Harm Reduction Journal | O'Rourke A, White RH, Park JN, Rodriguez K, Kilkenny ME, Sherman SG, Allen ST | |||
| 2019 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30634986/ | Mobile supervised consumption services in Rural British Columbia: lessons learned | Mobile supervised consumption services in Rural British Columbia: lessons learned | Program Recommendations | USA | Harm Reduction Journal | Mema SC, Frosst G, Bridgeman J, Drake H, Dolman C, Lappalainen L, Corneil T | |||
| 2019 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31399097/ | Prospective client survey and participatory process ahead of opening a mobile drug consumption room in Lisbon | Prospective client survey and participatory process ahead of opening a mobile drug consumption room in Lisbon | Participant and Staff Experience | USA | Harm Reduction Journal | Taylor H, Curado A, Tavares J, Oliveira M, Gautier D, Maria JS | |||
| 2019 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30849946/ | Potential use of supervised injection services among people who inject drugs in a remote and mid-size Canadian setting | Potential use of supervised injection services among people who inject drugs in a remote and mid-size Canadian setting | Uptake of OPC Services | USA | BMC Public Health | Mitra S, Rachlis B, Krysowaty B, Marshall Z, Olsen C, Rourke S, Kerr T | |||
| 2019 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31168735/ | Willingness to Use Safe Consumption Spaces among Opioid Users at High Risk of Fentanyl Overdose in Baltimore, Providence, and Boston | Willingness to Use Safe Consumption Spaces among Opioid Users at High Risk of Fentanyl Overdose in Baltimore, Providence, and Boston | Uptake of OPC Services | USA | Journal of Urban Health | Park JN, Sherman SG, Rouhani S, Morales KB, McKenzie M, Allen ST, Marshall BDL, Green TC | |||
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| 2020 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0955395920302188?via%3Dihub | Supporting the Full Participation of People Who Use Drugs in Policy Fora: Provision of a Temporary, Conference-Based Overdose Prevention Site | Supporting the Full Participation of People Who Use Drugs in Policy Fora: Provision of a Temporary, Conference-Based Overdose Prevention Site | Legal and Policy | USA | International Journal of Drug Policy | Brooks HL, Husband C, Taylor M, Sherren A, Hyshka E | |||
| 2020 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0955395919303317?via%3Dihub | Help me fix: The provision of injection assistance at an unsanctioned overdose prevention site in Toronto, Canada | Help me fix: The provision of injection assistance at an unsanctioned overdose prevention site in Toronto, Canada | Participant and Staff Experience | Canada | International Journal of Drug Policy | Kolla G, Kenny KS, Bannerman M, Boyce N, Chapman L, Dodd Z, Ko J, Ovens S | |||
| 2020 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7204455/ | A Low-Barrier and Comprehensive Community-Based Harm-Reduction Site in Vancouver, Canada | A Low-Barrier and Comprehensive Community-Based Harm-Reduction Site in Vancouver, Canada | Health Impacts | Canada | American Journal of Public Health | Olding M, Ivsins A, Mayer S, Betsos A, Boyd J, Sutherland C, Culbertson C, Kerr T, McNeil R | |||
| 2020 | https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMc2015435?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed | Evaluation of an Unsanctioned Safe Consumption Site in the United States | Evaluation of an Unsanctioned Safe Consumption Site in the United States | Uptake of OPC Services | USA | New England Journal of Medicine | Kral AH, Lambdin BH, Wenger LD, Davidson PJ | |||
| 2020 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6964917/ | The effectiveness of substance use interventions for homeless and vulnerably housed persons: A systematic review of systematic reviews on supervised consumption facilities, managed alcohol programs, and pharmacological agents for opioid use disorder | The effectiveness of substance use interventions for homeless and vulnerably housed persons: A systematic review of systematic reviews on supervised consumption facilities, managed alcohol programs, and pharmacological agents for opioid use disorder | Program Recommendations | USA | PLOS ONE | Magwood O, Salvalaggio G, Beder M, Kendall C, Kpade V, Daghmach W, Habonimana G, Marshall Z, Snyder E, O'Shea T, Lennox R, Hsu H, Tugwell P, Pottie K | |||
| 2020 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S037687162030243X?via%3Dihub | "It's not just injecting drugs": Supervised consumption sites and the social determinants of health | "It's not just injecting drugs": Supervised consumption sites and the social determinants of health | Health Impacts | USA | Drug and Alcohol Dependence | Kerman N, Manoni-Millar S, Cormier L, Cahill T, Sylvestre J | |||
| 2020 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7528035/ | "Bed Bugs and Beyond": An ethnographic analysis of North America's first women-only supervised drug consumption site | "Bed Bugs and Beyond": An ethnographic analysis of North America's first women-only supervised drug consumption site | Participant and Staff Experience | USA | International Journal of Drug Policy | Boyd J, Lavalley J, Czechaczek S, Mayer S, Kerr T, Maher L, McNeil R | |||
| 2020 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7114823/ | Women's utilization of housing-based overdose prevention sites in Vancouver, Canada: An ethnographic study | Women's utilization of housing-based overdose prevention sites in Vancouver, Canada: An ethnographic study | Participant and Staff Experience | Canada | International Journal of Drug Policy | Collins AB, Boyd J, Hayashi K, Cooper HLF, Goldenberg S, McNeil R | |||
| 2020 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0955395920301134?via%3Dihub | Impact of 24-Hour Schedule of a Drug Consumption Room on Service Use and Number of Non-Fatal Overdoses. A Quasiexperimental Study in Barcelona | Impact of 24-Hour Schedule of a Drug Consumption Room on Service Use and Number of Non-Fatal Overdoses. A Quasiexperimental Study in Barcelona | Health Impacts | USA | International Journal of Drug Policy | Montero-Moraga JM, Garrido-Albaina A, Barbaglia MG, Gotsens M, Aranega D, Espelt A, Parés-Badell O | |||
| 2020 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7242015/ | Impact of overdose prevention sites during a public health emergency in Victoria, Canada. | Impact of overdose prevention sites during a public health emergency in Victoria, Canada. | Health Impacts | Canada | PLOS ONE | Pauly B, Wallace B, Pagan F, Phillips J, Wilson M, Hobbs H, Connolly J | |||
| 2020 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7539556/ | To what extent do supervised drug consumption services incorporate non-injection routes of administration? A systematic scoping review documenting existing facilities | To what extent do supervised drug consumption services incorporate non-injection routes of administration? A systematic scoping review documenting existing facilities | Program Recommendations | USA | Harm Reduction Journal | Speed KA, Gehring ND, Launier K, O'Brien D, Campbell S, Hyshka E | |||
| 2020 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0955395920303297?via%3Dihub | Operational and contextual barriers to accessing supervised consumption services in two Canadian cities | Operational and contextual barriers to accessing supervised consumption services in two Canadian cities | Program Recommendations | USA | International Journal of Drug Policy | Urbanik MM, Greene C | |||
| 2020 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7483136/ | Factors Associated With the Use of Supervised Consumption Facilities Among Women Who Inject Drugs in a Canadian Setting | Factors Associated With the Use of Supervised Consumption Facilities Among Women Who Inject Drugs in a Canadian Setting | Participant and Staff Experience | USA | Journal of Addiction Medicine | Ickowicz S, Grant C, Nosova E, Boyd J, Brar R, Milloy MJ, Hayashi K, Nolan S | |||
| 2020 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0376871620302866?via%3Dihub | Anticipated Use of a Supervised Drug Consumption Site among Syringe Services Program Clients in King County, Washington: Assessing the Role of Opioid Overdose and Injection Behavior | Anticipated Use of a Supervised Drug Consumption Site among Syringe Services Program Clients in King County, Washington: Assessing the Role of Opioid Overdose and Injection Behavior | Uptake of OPC Services | USA | Drug and Alcohol Dependence | Klein KS, Glick SN, Mauro PM | |||
| 2020 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9426862/ | High Willingness to Use Overdose Prevention Sites among Female Sex Workers in Baltimore, Maryland. | High Willingness to Use Overdose Prevention Sites among Female Sex Workers in Baltimore, Maryland. | Uptake of OPC Services | USA | Drug and Alcohol Dependence | Rouhani S, White RH, Park JN, Sherman SG | |||
| 2020 | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1745-9133.12566 | Focus on Prevention: The Public Is More Supportive of ‘Overdose Prevention Sites’ than They Are of ‘Safe Injection Facilities | Focus on Prevention: The Public Is More Supportive of ‘Overdose Prevention Sites’ than They Are of ‘Safe Injection Facilities | Perceptions of OPCs | USA | Criminology & Public Policy | Socia KM, Palacios WR, Cluverius J | |||
| 2021 | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/16066359.2021.1961759 | Willingness to use syringe service programs and safe consumption sites among methadone patients with histories of injection drug use in a small Midwest community | Willingness to use syringe service programs and safe consumption sites among methadone patients with histories of injection drug use in a small Midwest community | Uptake of OPC Services | USA | Addiction Theory & Research | Pasman E, Agius E, Victor G, Broman M, Ray B, Resto S | |||
| 2021 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0376871621000168?via%3Dihub | Impact of an Unsanctioned Safe Consumption Site on Criminal Activity, 2010–2019 | Impact of an Unsanctioned Safe Consumption Site on Criminal Activity, 2010–2019 | Community Impacts | USA | Drug and Alcohol Dependence | Davidson PJ, Lambdin BH, Browne EN, Wenger LD, Kral AH | |||
| 2021 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7302974/#:~:text=%25)%20among%20men.-,In%20total%2C%20353%20(52.0%25)%20women%20and%20694%20(55.5,period%20of%20exclusive%20SIF%20use. | Supervised Injection Facility Use and Exposure to Violence among a Cohort of People Who Inject Drugs: A Gender-Based Analysis | Supervised Injection Facility Use and Exposure to Violence among a Cohort of People Who Inject Drugs: A Gender-Based Analysis | Participant and Staff Experience | USA | International Journal of Drug Policy | Kennedy MC, Hayashi K, Milloy MJ, Boyd J, Wood E, Kerr T | |||
| 2021 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0376871621005706?via%3Dihub | Improved syringe disposal practices associated with unsanctioned safe consumption site use: A cohort study of people who inject drugs in the United States | Improved syringe disposal practices associated with unsanctioned safe consumption site use: A cohort study of people who inject drugs in the United States | Community Impacts | USA | Drug and Alcohol Dependence | Kral AH, Lambdin BH, Wenger LD, Browne EN, Suen LW, Davidson PJ | |||
| 2021 | https://harmreductionjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12954-020-00456-2 | Supervised Consumption Sites and Crime: Scrutinizing the Methodological Weaknesses and Aberrant Results of a Government Report in Alberta, Canada | Supervised Consumption Sites and Crime: Scrutinizing the Methodological Weaknesses and Aberrant Results of a Government Report in Alberta, Canada | Legal and Policy | Canada | Harm Reduction Journal | Livingston JD | |||
| 2021 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8541900/ | Supervised Injection Facilities as Harm Reduction: A Systematic Revie | Supervised Injection Facilities as Harm Reduction: A Systematic Revie | Health Impacts | USA | American Journal of Preventative Medicine | Levengood TW, Yoon GH, Davoust MJ, Ogden SN, Marshall BDL, Cahill SR, Bazzi AR | |||
| 2021 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8604650/ | Assessing Drug Consumption Rooms and Longer Term (5 Year) Impacts on Community and Clients | Assessing Drug Consumption Rooms and Longer Term (5 Year) Impacts on Community and Clients | Community Impacts | USA | Risk Management & Healthcare Policy | Tran V, Reid SE, Roxburgh A, Day CA | |||
| 2021 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8556858/ | Predicting the impact of placing an overdose prevention site in Philadelphia: a mathematical modeling approach. | Predicting the impact of placing an overdose prevention site in Philadelphia: a mathematical modeling approach. | Community Impacts | USA | Harm Reduction Journal | Wares JR, Dong J, Gevertz JL, Radunskaya A, Viner K, Wiebe D, Solomon S | |||
| 2021 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0955395921001791?via%3Dihub | "You don't have to squirrel away in a staircase": Patient motivations for attending a novel supervised drug consumption service in acute care | "You don't have to squirrel away in a staircase": Patient motivations for attending a novel supervised drug consumption service in acute care | Uptake of OPC Services | USA | International Journal of Drug Policy | Kosteniuk B, Salvalaggio G, McNeil R, Brooks HL, Dong K, Twan S, Brouwer J, Hyshka E | |||
| 2021 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7787408/ | A Critical Narrative Inquiry to Understand the Impacts of an Overdose Prevention Site on the Lives of Site Users | A Critical Narrative Inquiry to Understand the Impacts of an Overdose Prevention Site on the Lives of Site Users | Participant and Staff Experience | USA | Harm Reduction Journal | Oudshoorn A, Sangster Bouck M, McCann M, Zendo S, Berman H, Banninga J, Le Ber MJ, Zendo Z | |||
| 2021 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7788836/ | Peer-assisted injection as a harm reduction measure in a supervised consumption service: a qualitative study of client experiences | Peer-assisted injection as a harm reduction measure in a supervised consumption service: a qualitative study of client experiences | Program Recommendations | USA | Harm Reduction Journal | Pijl E, Oosterbroek T, Motz T, Mason E, Hamilton K | |||
| 2021 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7887539/ | Adapting harm reduction services during COVID-19: lessons from the supervised injecting facilities in Australia | Adapting harm reduction services during COVID-19: lessons from the supervised injecting facilities in Australia | Program Recommendations | Australia | Harm Reduction Journal | Roxburgh A, Jauncey M, Day C, Bartlett M, Cogger S, Dietze P, Nielsen S, Latimer J, Clark N | |||
| 2021 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7725945/ | Examining Overdose and Homelessness as Predictors of Willingness to Use Supervised Injection Facilities by Services Provided Among Persons Who Inject Drugs | Examining Overdose and Homelessness as Predictors of Willingness to Use Supervised Injection Facilities by Services Provided Among Persons Who Inject Drugs | Uptake of OPC Services | USA | The American Journal of Addictions | Kenney SR, Anderson BJ, Bailey GL, Herman DS, Conti MT, Stein MD | |||
| 2021 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0955395921002607?via%3Dihub | Willingness to Utilize Supervised Injection Facilities among People Who Inject Drugs in Iran: Findings from 2020 National HIV Bio-Behavioral Surveillance Survey | Willingness to Utilize Supervised Injection Facilities among People Who Inject Drugs in Iran: Findings from 2020 National HIV Bio-Behavioral Surveillance Survey | Uptake of OPC Services | USA | International Journal of Drug Policy | Khezri M, Karamouzian M, Sharifi H, Ghalekhani N, Tavakoli F, Mehmandoost S, Mehrabi F, Pedarzadeh M, Nejat M, Noroozi A, Baral S, Shokoohi M | |||
| 2021 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8063177/ | High willingness to use drug consumption rooms among people who inject drugs in Scotland: findings from a national bio-behavioural survey among people who inject drugs | High willingness to use drug consumption rooms among people who inject drugs in Scotland: findings from a national bio-behavioural survey among people who inject drugs | Uptake of OPC Services | USA | International Journal of Drug Policy | Trayner KMA, Palmateer NE, Hutchinson SJ, Goldberg DJ, Shepherd SJ, Gunson RN, Tweed EJ, Priyadarshi S, Sumnall H, Atkinson A, McAuley A | |||
| 2021 | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0265665 | Evaluating the population-level effects of overdose prevention sites and supervised consumption sites in British Columbia, Canada: Controlled interrupted time series | Evaluating the population-level effects of overdose prevention sites and supervised consumption sites in British Columbia, Canada: Controlled interrupted time series | Health Impacts | Canada | PLOS ONE | Panagiotoglou D | |||
| 2022 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34723925/ | Effect of an Unsanctioned Safe Consumption Site in the United States on Syringe Sharing, Rushed Injections, and Isolated Injection Drug Use: A Longitudinal Cohort Analysis | Effect of an Unsanctioned Safe Consumption Site in the United States on Syringe Sharing, Rushed Injections, and Isolated Injection Drug Use: A Longitudinal Cohort Analysis | Health Impacts | ||||||
| 2022 | https://harmreductionjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12954-022-00609-5 | Supervised consumption site enables cost savings by avoiding emergency services: a cost analysis study | Supervised consumption site enables cost savings by avoiding emergency services: a cost analysis study | Cost Effectiveness | USA | Harm Reduction Journal | Khair S, Eastwood CA, Lu M, Jackson J | |||
| 2022 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9129898/ | Acceptability of Overdose Prevention Sites in the Business Community in Baltimore, Maryland | Acceptability of Overdose Prevention Sites in the Business Community in Baltimore, Maryland | Perceptions of OPCs | USA | Journal of Urban Health | Sherman SG, Rouhani S, White RH, Weicker N, Morris M, Schneider K, Park JN, Barry C | |||
| 2022 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35020166/ | Reduced Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalisation with Use of an Unsanctioned Safe Consumption Site for Injection Drug Use in the United States | Reduced Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalisation with Use of an Unsanctioned Safe Consumption Site for Injection Drug Use in the United States | Health Impacts | USA | Journal of General Internal Medicine | Lambdin BH, Davidson PJ, Browne EN, Suen LW, Wenger LD, Kral AH | |||
| 2022 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36063622/ | Harm reduction in the hospital: An overdose prevention site (OPS) at a Canadian hospital | Harm reduction in the hospital: An overdose prevention site (OPS) at a Canadian hospital | Uptake of OPC Services | USA | Drug and Alcohol Dependence | Nolan S, Kelian S, Kerr T, Young S, Malmgren I, Ghafari C, Harrison S, Wood E, Lysyshyn M, Holliday E | |||
| 2022 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35690956/ | Impact of drug consumption rooms on non-fatal overdoses, abscesses and emergency department visits in people who inject drugs in France: Results from the Cosinus cohort | Impact of drug consumption rooms on non-fatal overdoses, abscesses and emergency department visits in people who inject drugs in France: Results from the Cosinus cohort | Health Impacts | France | International Journal of Epidemiology | Roux P, Jauffret-Roustide M, Donadille C, Briand Madrid L, Denis C, Célérier I, Chauvin C, Hamelin N, Maradan G, Carrieri MP, Protopopescu C, Lalanne L, Auriacombe M; COSINUS Study Group | |||
| 2022 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667118222000137 | Impact of safe consumption facilities on individual and community outcomes: A scoping review of the past decade of research | Impact of safe consumption facilities on individual and community outcomes: A scoping review of the past decade of research | Health Impacts | USA | Emerging Trends in Drugs, Addictions, and Health | Dow-Fleisner SJ, Lomness A, Woolgar L | |||
| 2022 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8904318/ | Health impacts of a scale-up of supervised injection services in a Canadian setting: an interrupted time series analysis | Health impacts of a scale-up of supervised injection services in a Canadian setting: an interrupted time series analysis | Health Impacts | USA | Addiction | Kennedy MC, Hayashi K, Milloy MJ, Compton M, Kerr T | |||
| 2022 | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s43678-022-00326-9 | Out-of-hospital management of unresponsive, apneic, witnessed opioid overdoses: a case series from a supervised consumption site | Out-of-hospital management of unresponsive, apneic, witnessed opioid overdoses: a case series from a supervised consumption site | Health Impacts | USA | Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine | Rowe A, Chang A, Lostchuck E, Lin K, Scheuermeyer F, McCann V, Buxton J, Moe J, Cho R, Clerc P, McSweeney C, Jiang A, Purssell R | |||
| 2022 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0955395922000901?via%3Dihub | The United Kingdom’s First Unsanctioned Overdose Prevention Site; A Proof-of-Concept Evaluation | The United Kingdom’s First Unsanctioned Overdose Prevention Site; A Proof-of-Concept Evaluation | Health Impacts | USA | International Journal of Drug Policy | Shorter GW, Harris M, McAuley A, Trayner KM, Stevens A | |||
| 2022 | https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMp2119764 | The Importance of Federal Action Supporting Overdose-Prevention Centers | The Importance of Federal Action Supporting Overdose-Prevention Centers | Legal and Policy | USA | New England Journal of Medicine | Naeem AH, Davis CS, Samuels EA | |||
| 2022 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667321522000178 | Experiences with compounding surveillance and social control as a barrier to safe consumption service access. | Experiences with compounding surveillance and social control as a barrier to safe consumption service access. | Participant and Staff Experience | USA | SSM - Qualitative Research in Health | Greene C, Urbanik M-M, Geldart R | |||
| 2022 | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/00914509221134716 | “Overdose Has Many Faces”: The Politics of Care in Responding to Overdose at Sydney’s Medically Supervised Injecting Centre | “Overdose Has Many Faces”: The Politics of Care in Responding to Overdose at Sydney’s Medically Supervised Injecting Centre | Participant and Staff Experience | Australia | Contemporary Drug Problems | Dertadian GC, Yates K | |||
| 2022 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35413583/ | A qualitative comparison of how people who use drugs’ perceptions and experiences of policing affect supervised consumption services access in Two Cities | A qualitative comparison of how people who use drugs’ perceptions and experiences of policing affect supervised consumption services access in Two Cities | Participant and Staff Experience | USA | International Journal of Drug Policy | Urbanik M-M, Maier K, Greene C | |||
| 2022 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0376871621006748 | Stakeholder preferences for supervised consumption site design, staff, and ancillary services: A scoping review of feasibility studies | Stakeholder preferences for supervised consumption site design, staff, and ancillary services: A scoping review of feasibility studies | Program Recommendations | USA | Drug and Alcohol Dependence | Kryszajtys DT, Xavier J, Rudzinski K, Guta A, Chan Carusone S, Strike CJ | |||
| 2022 | https://harmreductionjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12954-022-00596-7 | Implementation of a nurse-led overdose prevention site in a hospital setting: Lessons learned from St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, Canada | Implementation of a nurse-led overdose prevention site in a hospital setting: Lessons learned from St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, Canada | Program Recommendations | Canada | Harm Reduction Journal | Dogherty E, Patterson C, Gagnon M, Harrison S, Chase J, Boerstler J, Gibson J, Gill S, Nolan S, Ryan A | |||
| 2022 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36436364/ | A scoping review of qualitative research on barriers and facilitators to the use of supervised consumption services | A scoping review of qualitative research on barriers and facilitators to the use of supervised consumption services | Participant and Staff Experience | USA | International Journal of Drug Policy | Ivsins A, Warnock A, Small W, Strike C, Kerr T, Bardwell G | |||
| 2022 | https://harmreductionjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12954-022-00655-z | Implementation and sustainability of safe consumption sites: a qualitative systematic review and thematic synthesis | Implementation and sustainability of safe consumption sites: a qualitative systematic review and thematic synthesis | Community Impacts | USA | Harm Reduction Journal | Yoon GH, Levengood TW, Davoust MJ, Ogden SN, Kral AH, Cahill SR, Bazzi AR | |||
| 2022 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35349308/ | Establishment and Enforcement of Operational Rules at an Unsanctioned Safe Drug Consumption Site in the United States, 2014–2020 | Establishment and Enforcement of Operational Rules at an Unsanctioned Safe Drug Consumption Site in the United States, 2014–2020 | Program Recommendations | USA | American Journal of Public Health | Davidson PJ, Wenger LD, Lambdin BH, Kral AH | |||
| 2022 | https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2794326 | Overdose Prevention Centers: An Essential Strategy to Address the Overdose Crisis | Overdose Prevention Centers: An Essential Strategy to Address the Overdose Crisis | Legal and Policy | USA | JAMA Network Open | Samuels EA, Bailer DA, Yolken A | |||
| 2022 | https://harmreductionjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12954-022-00712-7#:~:text=In%20summary%2C%20we%20found%20that,vulnerability%20and%20drug%2Drelated%20risk. | Difficulty accessing supervised consumption services during the COVID-19 pandemic among people who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada | Difficulty accessing supervised consumption services during the COVID-19 pandemic among people who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada | Participant and Staff Experience | Canada | Harm Reduction Journal | Cassie R, Hayashi K, DeBeck K, Milloy MJ, Cui Z, Strike C, West J, Kennedy MC | |||
| 2022 | https://harmreductionjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12954-022-00610-y | Service utilization patterns and characteristics among clients of integrated supervised consumption sites in Toronto, Canada | Service utilization patterns and characteristics among clients of integrated supervised consumption sites in Toronto, Canada | Uptake of OPC Services | Canada | Harm Reduction Journal | Nassau T, Kolla G, Mason K, Hopkins S, Tookey P, McLean E, Werb D, Scheim A | |||
| 2022 | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11414-023-09846-3 | Support for Safe Consumption Sites Among Peer Recovery Coaches | Support for Safe Consumption Sites Among Peer Recovery Coaches | Perceptions of OPCs | USA | The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research | Pasman E, Brown S, Agius E, Resko SM | |||
| 2022 | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00914509221134716 | “Overdose Has Many Faces”: The Politics of Care in Responding to Overdose at Sydney's Medically Supervised Injecting Centre | “Overdose Has Many Faces”: The Politics of Care in Responding to Overdose at Sydney's Medically Supervised Injecting Centre | Participant and Staff Experience | Australia | Contemporary Drug Problems | Dertadian GC, Yates K | |||
| 2022 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36461705/ | Integrated supervised consumption services and hepatitis C testing and treatment among people who inject drugs in Toronto, Canada: A cross-sectional analysis | Integrated supervised consumption services and hepatitis C testing and treatment among people who inject drugs in Toronto, Canada: A cross-sectional analysis | Health Impacts | Canada | Journal of Viral Hepatitis | Greenwald ZR, Bouck Z, McLean E, Mason K, Lettner B, Broad J, Dodd Z, Nassau T, Scheim AI, Werb D. | |||
| 2022 | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00220426221093609 | Stakeholders’ Problematisation of Drug Consumption Rooms: A Case Study of the Policy Initiative in Helsinki | Stakeholders’ Problematisation of Drug Consumption Rooms: A Case Study of the Policy Initiative in Helsinki | Legal and Policy | USA | Journal of Drug Issues | Unlu A, Tammi T, Hakkarainen P | |||
| 2023 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37748424/ | Impact of a high-volume overdose prevention site on social and drug disorder in surrounding areas in San Francisco | Impact of a high-volume overdose prevention site on social and drug disorder in surrounding areas in San Francisco | Community Impacts | Drug and Alcohol Dependence | Davidson PJ, Wenger LD, Morris T, Majano V, Browne EN, Lambdin BH, Suen LW, Kral AH | ||||
| 2023 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37043848/ | Monitoring for fentanyl within Australian supervised injecting facilities: Findings from feasibility testing of novel methods and collaborative workshops | Monitoring for fentanyl within Australian supervised injecting facilities: Findings from feasibility testing of novel methods and collaborative workshops | Program Recommendations | Australia | International Journal of Drug Policy | Nielsen S, Barratt M, Hiley S, Bartlett M, Latimer J, Jauncey M, Roux C, Morelato M, Clark N, Kowalski M, Gilbert M, Francia L, Shipton A, Gerostamoulos D, Glowacki L, Lam T | |||
| 2023 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0955395923000543?via%3Dihub | “Another tool in the toolkit”—perceptions, suggestions, and concerns of emergency service providers about the implementation of a supervised consumption site | “Another tool in the toolkit”—perceptions, suggestions, and concerns of emergency service providers about the implementation of a supervised consumption site | Perceptions of OPCs | USA | International Journal of Drug Policy | Perlmutter D, Wettemann C, Fockele CE, Frohe T, Williams W, Holland N, Oliphant-Wells T, Meischke H, van Draanen J | |||
| 2023 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0955395922003450 | (Re)situating expertise in community-based overdose response: Insights from an ethnographic study of overdose prevention sites (OPS) in Vancouver, Canada | (Re)situating expertise in community-based overdose response: Insights from an ethnographic study of overdose prevention sites (OPS) in Vancouver, Canada | Participant and Staff Experience | Canada | International Journal of Drug Policy | Olding M, Boyd J, Kerr T, Fowler A, McNeil R | |||
| 2023 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0955395922003504 | “It’s just not the same”: Exploring PWUD’ perceptions of and experiences with drug policy and SCS services change in a Canadian city | “It’s just not the same”: Exploring PWUD’ perceptions of and experiences with drug policy and SCS services change in a Canadian city | Participant and Staff Experience | USA | International Journal of Drug Policy | Greene C, Maier K, Urbanik M-M | |||
| 2023 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1353829223001041 | “We just don’t have the space for it”: Geographies of survival and spatial triage in overdose prevention sites | “We just don’t have the space for it”: Geographies of survival and spatial triage in overdose prevention sites | Program Recommendations | USA | Health & Place | Olding M, Boyd J, Kerr T, McNeil R. | |||
| 2023 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10072795/ | The nation’s first publicly recognized overdose prevention centers: Lessons learned in New York City | The nation’s first publicly recognized overdose prevention centers: Lessons learned in New York City | Program Recommendations | USA | Journal of Urban Health | Giglio RE, Mantha S, Harocopos A, Saha N, Reilly J, Cipriano C, Kennelly M, Landau L, McRae M, Chokshi DA | |||
| 2023 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S095539592300097X | Barriers and facilitators of Naloxone and safe injection facility interventions to reduce opioid drug-related deaths: A qualitative analysis | Barriers and facilitators of Naloxone and safe injection facility interventions to reduce opioid drug-related deaths: A qualitative analysis | Program Recommendations | USA | International Journal of Drug Policy | Miller NM, Campbell C, Shorter GW | |||
| 2023 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37652815/ | Evaluating oxygen monitoring and administration during overdose responses at a sanctioned overdose prevention site in San Francisco, California: A mixed-methods study | Evaluating oxygen monitoring and administration during overdose responses at a sanctioned overdose prevention site in San Francisco, California: A mixed-methods study | Participant and Staff Experience | USA | International Journal of Drug Policy | Suen LW, Wenger LD, Morris T, Majano V, Davidson PJ, Browne EN, Ray B, Megerian CE, Lambdin BH, Kral AH | |||
| 2023 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9999333/ | The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on access to supervised consumption programs | The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on access to supervised consumption programs | Uptake of OPC Services | USA | Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy | Gubskaya E, Kennedy MC, Hayashi K, Cui Z, Milloy MJ, Kerr T | |||
| 2023 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37735447/ | High willingness to use overdose prevention sites among suburban people who use drugs who do not inject | High willingness to use overdose prevention sites among suburban people who use drugs who do not inject | Uptake of OPC Services | USA | Harm Reduction Journal | Schneider KE, Urquhart GJ, Rouhani S, Allen ST, Morris M, Sherman SG | |||
| 2023 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30755131/ | Establishing Sanctioned Safe Consumption Sites in the United States: Five Jurisdictions Moving the Policy Agenda Forward | Establishing Sanctioned Safe Consumption Sites in the United States: Five Jurisdictions Moving the Policy Agenda Forward | Legal and Policy | USA | Psychiatric Services | Kennedy-Hendricks A, Bluestein J, Kral AH, Barry CL, Sherman SG | |||
| 2023 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34098293/ | Community perspectives on supervised consumption sites: Insights from four U.S. counties deeply affected by opioids | Community perspectives on supervised consumption sites: Insights from four U.S. counties deeply affected by opioids | Perceptions of OPCs | USA | Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment | Taylor J, Ober AJ, Kilmer B, Caulkins JP, Iguchi MY | |||
| 2023 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37955901/ | Overdose Prevention Centers, Crime, and Disorder in New York City | Overdose Prevention Centers, Crime, and Disorder in New York City | Community Impacts | USA | JAMA Network Open | Chalfin A, Del Pozo B, Mitre-Becerril D | |||
| 2023 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38070446/ | The name and frame matters when it comes to public support of opioid prevention programs | The name and frame matters when it comes to public support of opioid prevention programs | Perceptions of OPCs | USA | International Journal of Drug Policy | Johnston JB, Thompson KA | |||
| 2023 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36549200/ | “It's just not the same”: Exploring PWUD perceptions of and experiences with drug policy and SCS services change in a Canadian City | “It's just not the same”: Exploring PWUD perceptions of and experiences with drug policy and SCS services change in a Canadian City | Participant and Staff Experience | USA | International Journal of Drug Policy | Greene C, Maier K, Urbanik MM | |||
| 2023 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38044494/ | Supervised inhalation sites: preventing overdose and reducing health inequities among people who use drugs | Supervised inhalation sites: preventing overdose and reducing health inequities among people who use drugs | Program Recommendations | USA | Substance Use & Misuse | Lu A, Kim C, Rosen JG, Thompson E, Tardif J, Welwean R, Park JN | |||
| 2023 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37844109/ | Client experiences using a new supervised consumption service in Sudbury, Ontario: A qualitative study | Client experiences using a new supervised consumption service in Sudbury, Ontario: A qualitative study | Participant and Staff Experience | Canada | PLoS One | Ali F, Russell C, Kaura A, Leslie P, Bayoumi AM, Hopkins S, Wells S | |||
| 2024 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39633358/ | Exploring drug consumption rooms as 'inclusion health interventions': policy implications for Europe | Exploring drug consumption rooms as 'inclusion health interventions': policy implications for Europe | Participant and Staff Experience | Europe | Harm Reduction Journal | Scher BD, Chrisinger BW, Humphreys DK, Shorter GW | |||
| 2024 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39549834/ | Take Care of the Patient: Pharmacists Should Advocate for Overdose Prevention Centers (OPC) as Harm Reduction | Take Care of the Patient: Pharmacists Should Advocate for Overdose Prevention Centers (OPC) as Harm Reduction | Perceptions of OPCs | USA | Journal of the American Pharmacists Association | Famiglietti N, Bratberg J | |||
| 2024 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39546979/ | Frequency of supervised consumption service use and acute care utilization in people who inject drugs | Frequency of supervised consumption service use and acute care utilization in people who inject drugs | Uptake of OPC Services | Canada | Drug and Alcohol Dependence | Scheim AI, Bouck Z, Greenwald ZR, Ling V, Hopkins S, Johnson M, Bayoumi A, Gomes T, Werb D | |||
| 2024 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39309537/ | Supervised safe consumption sites - lessons and opportunities for North America | Supervised safe consumption sites - lessons and opportunities for North America | Legal and Policy | USA | The Lancet Regional Health Americas | Zhu DT, Bajaj SS, Kerr T | |||
| 2024 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39213827/ | Modeling the impact of a supervised consumption site on HIV and HCV transmission among people who inject drugs in three counties in California, USA | Modeling the impact of a supervised consumption site on HIV and HCV transmission among people who inject drugs in three counties in California, USA | Health Impacts | USA | International Journal of Drug Policy | Killion JA, Jegede OS, Werb D, Davidson PJ, Smith LR, Gaines T, Graff Zivin J, Zúñiga ML, Pines HA, Garfein RS, Strathdee SA, Rivera Saldana C, Martin NK | |||
| 2024 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39104059/ | Overdose prevention centres as spaces of safety, trust and inclusion: A causal pathway based on a realist review | Overdose prevention centres as spaces of safety, trust and inclusion: A causal pathway based on a realist review | Participant and Staff Experience | Multiple | Drug and Alcohol Review | Stevens A, Keemink JR, Shirley-Beavan S, Khadjesari Z, Artenie A, Vickerman P, Southwell M, Shorter GW | |||
| 2024 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39068494/ | Perspectives of key interest groups regarding supervised Consumption sites (SCS) and novel virtual harm reduction services / overdose response hotlines and applications: a qualitative Canadian study | Perspectives of key interest groups regarding supervised Consumption sites (SCS) and novel virtual harm reduction services / overdose response hotlines and applications: a qualitative Canadian study | Participant and Staff Experience | Canada | Harm Reduction Journal | Seo B, Rioux W, Teare A, Rider N, Jones S, Taplay P, Ghosh SM | |||
| 2024 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38798948/ | Accessibility gaps of physical supervised consumption sites in Canada motivating the use of overdose response technology/phone based virtual overdose response services: a retrospective cohort study | Accessibility gaps of physical supervised consumption sites in Canada motivating the use of overdose response technology/phone based virtual overdose response services: a retrospective cohort study | Uptake of OPC Services | Canada | The Lancet Regional Health Americas | Mocanu V, Viste D, Rioux W, Ghosh SM | |||
| 2024 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38804608/ | "Politics Versus Policy": Qualitative Insights on Stigma and Overdose Prevention Center Policymaking in the United States | "Politics Versus Policy": Qualitative Insights on Stigma and Overdose Prevention Center Policymaking in the United States | Legal and Policy | USA | Substance Use & Addiction Journal | Koehm K, Rosen JG, Yedinak Gray JL, Tardif J, Thompson E, Park JN | |||
| 2024 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38307685/ | Overdose mortality incidence and supervised consumption services in Toronto, Canada: an ecological study and spatial analysis | Overdose mortality incidence and supervised consumption services in Toronto, Canada: an ecological study and spatial analysis | Community Impacts | Canada | The Lancet Public Health | Rammohan I, Gaines T, Scheim A, Bayoumi A, Werb D. | |||
| 2024 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38378610/ | Feeling safer: effectiveness, feasibility, and acceptability of continuous pulse oximetry for people who smoke opioids at overdose prevention services in British Columbia, Canada | Feeling safer: effectiveness, feasibility, and acceptability of continuous pulse oximetry for people who smoke opioids at overdose prevention services in British Columbia, Canada | Program Recommendations | Canada | Harm Reduction Journal | Moe J, Chavez T, Marr C, Cameron F, Feldman-Kiss D, Wang YE, Xavier JC, Mamdani Z, Purssell RA, Salmon A, Buxton JA | |||
| 2024 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38401795/ | Economic evaluations of establishing opioid overdose prevention centers in 12 North American cities: a systematic review | Economic evaluations of establishing opioid overdose prevention centers in 12 North American cities: a systematic review | Cost Effectiveness | USA | Value in Health | Behrends CN, Leff JA, Lowry W, Li JM, Onuoha EN, Fardone E, Bayoumi AM, McCollister KE, Murphy SM, Schackman BR | |||
| 2024 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38035448/ | The multiple makings of a supervised consumption service in a hospital setting | The multiple makings of a supervised consumption service in a hospital setting | Program Recommendations | Canada | International Journal of Drug Policy | Long C, Guimond T, Bayoumi AM, Firestone M, Strike C. | |||
| 2024 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37743675/ | Drug consumption rooms are effective to reduce at-risk practices associated with HIV/HCV infections among people who inject drugs: Results from the COSINUS cohort study | Drug consumption rooms are effective to reduce at-risk practices associated with HIV/HCV infections among people who inject drugs: Results from the COSINUS cohort study | Health Impacts | France | Addiction | Lalanne L, Roux P, Donadille C, Briand Madrid L, Célerier I, Chauvin C, Hamelin N, Kervran C, Maradan G, Auriacombe M, Jauffret-Roustide M | |||
| 2024 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38424553/ | Association between willingness to use an overdose prevention center and probation or parole status among people who use drugs in Rhode Island | Association between willingness to use an overdose prevention center and probation or parole status among people who use drugs in Rhode Island | Uptake of OPC Services | USA | Harm Reduction Journal | Tan M, Park C, Goldman J, Biello KB, Buxton J, Hadland SE, Park JN, Sherman SG, Macmadu A, Marshall BDL | |||
| 2024 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38492432/ | Radical hospitality: Innovative programming to build community and meet the needs of people who use drugs at a government-sanctioned overdose prevention site in San Francisco, California | Radical hospitality: Innovative programming to build community and meet the needs of people who use drugs at a government-sanctioned overdose prevention site in San Francisco, California | Participant and Staff Experience | USA | International Journal of Drug Policy | Wenger LD, Morris T, Knight KR, Megerian CE, Davidson PJ, Suen LW, Majano V, Lambdin BH, Kral AH | |||
| 2024 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38525593/ | Perspectives of Canadian Healthcare and Harm Reduction Workers on Mobile Overdose Response Services: A Qualitative Study | Perspectives of Canadian Healthcare and Harm Reduction Workers on Mobile Overdose Response Services: A Qualitative Study | Participant and Staff Experience | Canada | Substance Use & Addiction Journal | Sedaghat N, Seo B, Rider N, Rioux W, Ghosh SM. | |||
| 2024 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38514599/ | Bridging the Gap in Harm Reduction Using Mobile Overdose Response Services (MORS) in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study | Bridging the Gap in Harm Reduction Using Mobile Overdose Response Services (MORS) in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study | Participant and Staff Experience | Canada | Journal of Urban Health | Seo B, Rioux W, Rider N, Teare A, Jones S, Taplay P, Ghosh SM. | |||
| 2024 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38536600/ | Characterizing Use of Supervised Consumption Services among Street-involved Youth and Young Adults in the Context of an Overdose Crisis | Characterizing Use of Supervised Consumption Services among Street-involved Youth and Young Adults in the Context of an Overdose Crisis | Health Impacts | Canada | Journal of Urban Health | Lee-Pii K, DeBeck K, Choi J, Sedgemore KO, Kerr T, Kennedy MC | |||
| 2024 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38702702/ | Physiologic oxygen responses to smoking opioids: an observational study using continuous pulse oximetry at overdose prevention services in British Columbia, Canada | Physiologic oxygen responses to smoking opioids: an observational study using continuous pulse oximetry at overdose prevention services in British Columbia, Canada | Program Recommendations | Canada | Harm Reduction Journal | Moe J, Buxton JA, Wang YE, Chavez T, Feldman-Kiss D, Marr C, Purssell RA, Otterstatter M | |||
| 2025 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41125157/ | The short-term impacts of the decriminalization of illegal drug possession on clients dispensed opioid agonist treatment medications and visits to supervised consumption services and overdose prevention services in British Columbia, Canada (2015-2023) | The short-term impacts of the decriminalization of illegal drug possession on clients dispensed opioid agonist treatment medications and visits to supervised consumption services and overdose prevention services in British Columbia, Canada (2015-2023) | Legal and Policy | Canada | Journal of Substance Use & Addiction Treatment | Abdul SA, Jiang H, Russell C, Elton-Marshall T, Ali F, Henderson I, Le Foll B, Kinniburgh B, Smith W, Rehm J, Imtiaz S | |||
| 2025 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41288977/ | Toronto's Supervised Consumption Sites and Local Crime | Toronto's Supervised Consumption Sites and Local Crime | Community Impacts | Canada | JAMA Network Open | Panagiotoglou D, Lim J, Ingram G, El Sheikh M, Farhat I, Bjornsson X, Schaefer M | |||
| 2025 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40960731/ | Supervised consumption sites and population-level overdose mortality: a systematic review of recent evidence, 2016-2024 | Supervised consumption sites and population-level overdose mortality: a systematic review of recent evidence, 2016-2024 | Health Impacts | Canada | Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada | Gariépy G, Prowse RKM, Plouffe R, Graham E | |||
| 2025 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40682069/ | Characterizing changes to harm reduction site operations in British Columbia following the implementation of the decriminalization of drugs: Findings from a provincial survey | Characterizing changes to harm reduction site operations in British Columbia following the implementation of the decriminalization of drugs: Findings from a provincial survey | Legal and Policy | Canada | Harm Reduction Journal | Ali F, Russell C, Law J, Imtiaz S, Budau J, Shahin R, MacKinnon L, Griffith D, Patenaude S, Xavier J, Rehm J | |||
| 2025 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40474282/ | "We've lost a lot of lives:" the impact of the closure of North America's busiest supervised consumption site on people who use substances and the organizations that work with them | "We've lost a lot of lives:" the impact of the closure of North America's busiest supervised consumption site on people who use substances and the organizations that work with them | Closure of OPCs | Canada | Harm Reduction Journal | Magnuson M, Vandenberg S, Oosterbroek T, Dey K | |||
| 2025 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40483912/ | Necropolitics of the North: A rapid ethnography examining the effects of the closure of one of Northern Ontario's only supervised consumption sites | Necropolitics of the North: A rapid ethnography examining the effects of the closure of one of Northern Ontario's only supervised consumption sites | Closure of OPCs | Canada | International Journal of Drug Policy | Tucker L, Ibanez-Carasco F, Legault B, Cameron D, Michaud J, Seguin G, Groot E, Jayathilake A, Pelland K, Fritz A, Eisenhauer H, Bardwell G | |||
| 2025 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40440860/ | Willingness and contextual considerations for supervised consumption sites: a mixed-methods study among people who inject drugs in Stockholm | Willingness and contextual considerations for supervised consumption sites: a mixed-methods study among people who inject drugs in Stockholm | Perceptions of OPCs | Sweden | International Journal of Drug Policy | Holmén E, Kåberg M, Lundeberg E, Storbjörk J, Hammarberg A | |||
| 2025 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40360843/ | Expanding supervised consumption services in rural Canada: Bridging gaps | Expanding supervised consumption services in rural Canada: Bridging gaps | Canada | Canadian Journal of Public Health | Mirza N, Mathias H, Hyshka E | ||||
| 2025 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40361121/ | Study assessing the effectiveness of overdose prevention centers through research (SAFER): an overview of the study protocol | Study assessing the effectiveness of overdose prevention centers through research (SAFER): an overview of the study protocol | USA | Harm Reduction Journal | Magdalena C, Bennett LA, Alexandra BC, Czarina NB, Michele S, Victoria J, Brandon DLM | ||||
| 2025 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40318235/ | Exploring the need for overdose prevention centers in England: A qualitative community-based participatory study on the perspectives of people who use drugs in public and semi-public environments | Exploring the need for overdose prevention centers in England: A qualitative community-based participatory study on the perspectives of people who use drugs in public and semi-public environments | Perceptions of OPCs | UK | International Journal of Drug Policy | Scher BD, Southwell M, Harris M, Stevens A, Chrisinger BW, Humphreys DK, Shorter GW | |||
| 2025 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0277953625004861#:~:text=To%20facilitate%20epidemiological%20evaluation%20of,plausible%20comparison%20group%2C%20micro%20vs. | Considerations for the epidemiological evaluation of hyperlocal interventions: A case study of the New York City overdose prevention centers | Considerations for the epidemiological evaluation of hyperlocal interventions: A case study of the New York City overdose prevention centers | USA | Social Science & Medicine | |||||
| 2025 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40027373/ | Investigating the spatial association between supervised consumption services and homicide rates in Toronto, Canada, 2010-2023: an ecological analysis | Investigating the spatial association between supervised consumption services and homicide rates in Toronto, Canada, 2010-2023: an ecological analysis | Community Impacts | Canada | The Lancet Regional Health Americas | Werb D, Sung HS, Na Y, Rammohan I, Eeuwes J, Smoke A, Owusu-Bempah A, Kerr T, Karamouzian M | |||
| 2025 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40208386/ | Community Acceptability of the First State-Authorized Overdose Prevention Center in the United States | Community Acceptability of the First State-Authorized Overdose Prevention Center in the United States | Perceptions of OPCs | USA | Journal of Urban Health | Shaw LC, Goldman JE, Lenox CA, Krieger MS, Marshall BDL, Macmadu A | |||
| 2025 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40251645/ | Facilitating access to supervised smoking facilities: a qualitative study | Facilitating access to supervised smoking facilities: a qualitative study | Participant and Staff Experience | Canada | Harm Reduction Journal | Wettemann C, Morgan J, Taylor T, Boll A, Maxwell S, Richardson L, Nolan S, van Draanen J | |||
| 2025 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40233868/ | A quantitative bias analysis of the association between supervised consumption service use and sharing of injection equipment among people who inject drugs in Toronto, Canada | A quantitative bias analysis of the association between supervised consumption service use and sharing of injection equipment among people who inject drugs in Toronto, Canada | Health Impacts | Canada | Annals of Epidemiology | Nassau T, Bouck Z, Welles SL, Evans AA, Hopkins S, Tookey P, Werb D, Scheim AI | |||
| 2025 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39805406/ | A qualitative study exploring the feasibility and acceptability of embedding an overdose prevention sites in a U.S. hospital | A qualitative study exploring the feasibility and acceptability of embedding an overdose prevention sites in a U.S. hospital | Perceptions of OPCs | USA | Journal of Substance Use & Addiction Treatment | French R, McFadden R, Lowenstein M, O'Donnell N, Perrone J, Aronowitz S, Thakrar AP, Schachter A, Turi E, Compton P | |||
| 2025 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39806415/ | The implementation of safer drug consumption facilities in Scotland: a mixed methods needs assessment and feasibility study for the city of Edinburgh | The implementation of safer drug consumption facilities in Scotland: a mixed methods needs assessment and feasibility study for the city of Edinburgh | Perceptions of OPCs | Scotland | Harm Reduction Journal | Nicholls J, Masterton W, Falzon D, McAuley A, Carver H, Skivington K, Dumbrell J, Perkins A, Steele S, Trayner K, Parkes T | |||
| 2025 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39845380/ | Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on supervised consumption service delivery in Vancouver and Surrey, Canada from the perspective of service providers | Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on supervised consumption service delivery in Vancouver and Surrey, Canada from the perspective of service providers | Participant and Staff Experience | Canada | Discover Public Health | Singh Kelsall T, Olding M, Myketiak T, Puri N, Hayashi K, Kerr T, Kennedy MC | |||
| 2025 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41604150/ | Health, Costs, and Injection-Related Infections at a Hypothetical Overdose Prevention Center | Health, Costs, and Injection-Related Infections at a Hypothetical Overdose Prevention Center | Community Impacts | USA | JAMA Network Open | Padmanabhan P, Tin Y, Nall SK, Al-Tayyib A, Yoder T, Yamkovoy K, Fotso K, Christine PJ, Jurecka C, Raville L, Kline DM, Barocas JA. | |||
| 2025 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40122346/ | "A safe place to use": People who use drugs' perceptions and preferences prior to the implementation of Rhode Island's first overdose prevention center | "A safe place to use": People who use drugs' perceptions and preferences prior to the implementation of Rhode Island's first overdose prevention center | Uptake of OPC Services | USA | Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment | Dunham K, Macon EC, Perry A, Tan M, Marshall BDL, Collins AB. | |||
| 2025 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41613410/ | An Examination of How People Who Use Drugs Conceptualize the Benefits and Drawbacks of Using Overdose Prevention Centers | An Examination of How People Who Use Drugs Conceptualize the Benefits and Drawbacks of Using Overdose Prevention Centers | Uptake of OPC Services | USA | Contemporary Drug Problems | Frank D, Bennett AS, Elliott L, Scheidell JD, Walters SM, Cleland CM. | |||
| 2025 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41454367/ | “Because we’re the experts”: centering the expertise of people who use drugs to identify and propose solutions for overdose prevention | “Because we’re the experts”: centering the expertise of people who use drugs to identify and propose solutions for overdose prevention | Program Recommendations | USA | Harm Reduction Journal | Bailey EJ, Becker M, Morrow J, Schaefer R, Angeles S, Kemp P, Crews Z, Mijal K, Striebel J, Conway CJ, Claypool E, Seal DW, Salisbury-Afshar EM, Westergaard RP, Gicquelais RE. | |||
| 2025 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39964190/ | Comparing Harm Reduction Vending Machines and In-Person Overdose Prevention Services in Practice: A Case Study From Rhode Island | Comparing Harm Reduction Vending Machines and In-Person Overdose Prevention Services in Practice: A Case Study From Rhode Island | Program Recommendations | USA | Journal of Public Health Management and Practice | Shaw LC, Brown EA, Creegan E, Bertrand TE, Ogundare S, Park CJ, Berk J, Chan PA, Marshall BDL. | |||
| 2025 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40355403/ | Harm Reduction Research: A Vital Step in Combating the Opioid Overdose Crisis | Harm Reduction Research: A Vital Step in Combating the Opioid Overdose Crisis | Uptake of OPC Services | USA | Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs | Rigg KK. | |||
| 2025 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40484964/ | U.S. substance use harm reduction efforts: a review of the current state of policy, policy barriers, and recommendations | U.S. substance use harm reduction efforts: a review of the current state of policy, policy barriers, and recommendations | Legal and Policy | USA | Harm Reduction Journal | Pridgen BE, Bontemps AP, Lloyd AR, Wagner WP, Kay ES, Eaton EF, Cropsey KL. | |||
| 2025 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40682109/ | "I think that that really could benefit a lonely user:" perceptions of overdose response hotlines among people who use opioids | "I think that that really could benefit a lonely user:" perceptions of overdose response hotlines among people who use opioids | Program Recommendations | USA | Harm Reduction Journal | Gicquelais RE, Chenoweth RP, Jacobson N, Conway C, Bryan GM. | |||
| 2025 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39689280/ | Harm Reduction: The Neglected Pillar of US Drug Policy | Harm Reduction: The Neglected Pillar of US Drug Policy | Legal and Policy | USA | Annual Review of Public Health | Saloner B, Heller D, Davis CS, Sherman SG. | |||
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