New Strategies Are Needed to Stop Overdose Fatalities: The Case for Supervised Injection Facilities

Ann Intern Med. 2018 May 1;168(9):664-665. doi: 10.7326/M18-0258. Epub 2018 Feb 6.

Authors

Jessie M Gaeta¹, Melanie Racine²

Affiliations

¹ Institute for Research, Quality, and Policy in Homeless Health Care, Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program, and Section of General Internal Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts (J.M.G.).
² Institute for Research, Quality, and Policy in Homeless Health Care, Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program, Boston, Massachusetts (M.R.).

PMID: 29404601
DOI: 10.7326/M18-0258

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Boston / epidemiology
Drug Overdose / prevention & control*
Heroin Dependence / mortality*
Humans
Ill-Housed Persons / psychology
Male
Needle-Exchange Programs*
Substance Abuse, Intravenous / mortality*