The establishment of North America's first state sanctioned supervised injection facility: A case study in culture change

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 73-82

  Small, Dan ^a   Palepu, Anita ^b   Tyndall, Mark W ^b,c,d  

^a Portland Hotel Society   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE IN HIV AIDS   (Canada)

^d ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Harm reduction; Injection drug use; Supervised injection facilities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EDUCATION; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; LAW ENFORCEMENT; NORTH AMERICA; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC FIGURE; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL WELFARE;

EID: 33644881359     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2005.08.004     Document Type: Article

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