Difficulty accessing supervised consumption services during the COVID-19 pandemic among people who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada

Abstract Background The overdose crisis in Canada has worsened since the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although this trend is thought to be driven in part by closures or reduced capacity of supervised consumption services (SCS), little is known about the factors that may impede access to such...

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Main Authors: Rachel Cassie, Kanna Hayashi, Kora DeBeck, M.-J. Milloy, Zishan Cui, Carol Strike, Jeff West, Mary Clare Kennedy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-11-01
Series:Harm Reduction Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-022-00712-7