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Safe Consumption Sites

Safe Consumption Site is a supervised public health facility that permits the hygienic and monitored use of illicit drugs under medical supervision, distinguishing it from other harm reduction interventions by providing an immediate response to overdoses and reducing public drug-related disorder.

29

Publications

1.5K

Citations

107

Authors

54

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

23

Parents

Publications

29

Peer worker involvement in low-threshold supervised consumption facilities in the context of an overdose epidemic in Vancouver, Canada

Mary Clare Kennedy, Jade Boyd, Samara Mayer et al. · Social Science & Medicine · 2019 · 177 citations

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Gendered violence and overdose prevention sites: a rapid ethnographic study during an overdose epidemic in Vancouver, Canada

Jade Boyd, Alexandra B. Collins, Samara Mayer et al. · Addiction · 2018 · 172 citations · Full text

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Public support for safe consumption sites and syringe services programs to combat the opioid epidemic

Emma E. McGinty, Colleen L. Barry, Elizabeth M. Stone et al. · Preventive Medicine · 2018 · 145 citations

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Mercury concentrations in northern pike ( <i>Esox lucius</i>) from boreal lakes with logged, burned, or undisturbed catchments

Édenise Garcia, Richard Carignan · Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences · 2000 · 95 citations

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‘It's our safe sanctuary’: Experiences of using an unsanctioned overdose prevention site in Toronto, Ontario

Annie Foreman-Mackey, Ahmed M. Bayoumi, Miroslav Miskovic et al. · International Journal of Drug Policy · 2019 · 80 citations · Full text

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Authors

107

  1. SG
    Susan G. Sherman

    Johns Hopkins University, United States

    5 publications · 331 citations

    5

    h-index

  2. TK
    Thomas Kerr

    University of British Columbia, Canada

    4 publications · 422 citations

    4

    h-index

  3. CL
    Colleen L. Barry

    Johns Hopkins University, United States

    4 publications · 277 citations

    4

    h-index

  4. RM
    Ryan McNeil

    University of British Columbia, Canada

    4 publications · 420 citations

    4

    h-index

  5. JB
    Jade Boyd

    British Columbia Centre on Substance Use, Canada

    4 publications · 420 citations

    4

    h-index

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Institutions

54

  1. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    6 h-index

    27 publications

    1.9K citations

  2. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    5 h-index

    15 publications

    1.4K citations

  3. British Columbia Centre on Substance Use

    Vancouver, Canada

    5 h-index

    32 publications

    2.6K citations

  4. Simon Fraser University

    Burnaby, Canada

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    399 citations

  5. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    96 citations

  6. RTI International

    Durham, United States

    3 h-index

    12 publications

    384 citations

  7. University of California, San Francisco

    San Francisco, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    55 citations

  8. St. Michael's Hospital

    Toronto, Canada

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    197 citations

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Venues

  1. International Journal of Drug Policy

    5 publications · 246 citations

    5

    h-index

  2. Harm Reduction Journal

    HRJ · 3 publications · 104 citations

    3

    h-index

  3. Drug and Alcohol Dependence

    2 publications · 103 citations

    2

    h-index

  4. Psychiatric Services

    2 publications · 63 citations

    2

    h-index

  5. Ecology

    1 publications · 14 citations

    1

    h-index

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