The studies are all published by those that have a vested interest in keeping the 'clinic' alive.
They would have crime stats as well
Correction: Slows down the transfer of these diseases.
It's not like this is the only place that they consume the drugs
Slows down and a reasonable probability of not being transferred.
They've been 'offered help' from a raft of former and existing agencies to kick - Fact.
Being front line they have more opportunity to arrange treatment.And they do.
Heroin addiction is on the rise.... I wonder if the authors of 'the studies' have analyzed the effects of normalizing the drug via 'clinics' like Insite?
Neither does Insite - Fact
I am waiting to see all the reports from Police, crime stats, treatment, transfer rates for HIV and Hep C but what we have now does not work. Intervention is the first step.
Canadian Alcohol and Drug Use Monitoring Survey: Summary of Results for 2011 - Health Canada
In 2011, past-year use of the most commonly reported illicit drugs after cannabis was estimated to be less than 1% for each (hallucinogens including salvia (0.6%); ecstasy (0.7%), cocaine or crack (0.9%) and speed (0.5%)). Past-year use of methamphetamine is not reportable. The only statistically significant change noted among these substances over time was a decrease in cocaine or crack to 0.9% in 2011 from 1.9% in 2004.
In 2011, the prevalence of use of at least one of six drugs [cannabis, cocaine or crack, speed, ecstasy, hallucinogens (excluding salvia) or heroin] in the past year was 9.4%, a statistically significant decrease from 11.0% in 2010. While past-year use among males also showed a statistically significant decline (12.4% in 2011 versus 15.0% in 2010), the rate of use by males was almost double that of females (6.5%), which is unchanged from 2010. Prevalence of use was three times higher among youth (21.9%) than adults (6.9%).
Use of at least one of five illicit drugs excluding cannabis [cocaine or crack, speed, ecstasy, hallucinogens (excluding salvia) or heroin] was reported by 1.7% of Canadians. The reported rate of such use by males (2.4%) was statistically significantly higher than that reported by females (1.0%), while the rate of use by youth at 4.8% was almost five times higher than that reported by adults at 1.1%. Past-year use of at least one of five drugs excluding cannabis in 2011 (1.7%), was a statistically significant decrease from 2004 (3.0%), but not significantly different from 2010 (1.8%). Use of at least one of these drugs also decreased since 2004 among males (2.4% in 2011 versus 4.3%) and youth (4.8% in 2011 versus 11.3%).
Canada faces a flood of heroin and addicts
