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02-25-2016, 09:06 AM
Ithaca's Plan To Open A Safe Site For Heroin Users Faces Legal Hurdles (http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/02/24/467958912/ithacas-plan-to-open-a-safe-site-for-heroin-users-faces-legal-hurdles)NPR - 19 hours ago
The mayor of Ithaca, N.Y., wants to create a place where people can use heroin or other drugs injected drugs under supervision, in an effort to ...Should Ithaca provide safe place to shoot heroin? Addiction experts divided (http://www.syracuse.com/health/index.ssf/2016/02/ithaca_proposal_to_let_heroin_users_shoot_up_under _supervision.html)Syracuse.com - 1 day ago
Ithaca's mayor proposes nation's first heroin shoot-up center (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/feb/24/ithacas-mayor-proposes-nations-first-heroin-shoot-/)Washington Times - 23 hours ago
More news for heroin ithaca (https://www.google.com/search?q=heroin+ithaca&source=univ&tbm=nws&tbo=u&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiC6tf8l5PLAhVH8GMKHXQrCk0QsQQIJQ)
http://www.drugwarfacts.org/cms/Safe_Injection
"Drug consumption rooms are professionally supervised healthcare facilities where drug users can consume drugs in safer conditions. They seek to attract hard-to-reach populations of drug users, especially marginalised groups and those who use drugs on the streets or in other risky and unhygienic conditions. One of their primary goals is to reduce morbidity and mortality by providing a safe environment for more hygienic drug use and by training clients in safer drug use. At the same time, they seek to reduce drug use in public and improve public amenity in areas surrounding urban drug markets. A further aim is to promote access to social, health and drug treatment facilities."
The mayor of Ithaca, N.Y., wants to create a place where people can use heroin or other drugs injected drugs under supervision, in an effort to ...Should Ithaca provide safe place to shoot heroin? Addiction experts divided (http://www.syracuse.com/health/index.ssf/2016/02/ithaca_proposal_to_let_heroin_users_shoot_up_under _supervision.html)Syracuse.com - 1 day ago
Ithaca's mayor proposes nation's first heroin shoot-up center (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/feb/24/ithacas-mayor-proposes-nations-first-heroin-shoot-/)Washington Times - 23 hours ago
More news for heroin ithaca (https://www.google.com/search?q=heroin+ithaca&source=univ&tbm=nws&tbo=u&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiC6tf8l5PLAhVH8GMKHXQrCk0QsQQIJQ)
http://www.drugwarfacts.org/cms/Safe_Injection
"Drug consumption rooms are professionally supervised healthcare facilities where drug users can consume drugs in safer conditions. They seek to attract hard-to-reach populations of drug users, especially marginalised groups and those who use drugs on the streets or in other risky and unhygienic conditions. One of their primary goals is to reduce morbidity and mortality by providing a safe environment for more hygienic drug use and by training clients in safer drug use. At the same time, they seek to reduce drug use in public and improve public amenity in areas surrounding urban drug markets. A further aim is to promote access to social, health and drug treatment facilities."