The Sydney Medically Supervised Injecting Centre: a controversial public health measure
Abstract Background: Injecting drug use remains a major public health concern, particularly because of opiate overdose and transmission of blood‐borne viruses. Sydney's Medically Supervised Injecting Centre (MSIC) opened on a trial basis in May 2001 in an effort to reduce the harms of drug use....
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Main Authors: | Cate Kelly (Author), Katherine M. Conigrave (Author) |
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2002-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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