SCS are:

Supervised consumption services…




…save lives. All credible research agrees that medically supervised injection greatly reduces the transference of deadly infections and costly hospital stays for preventable illnesses.




…reduce open drug use. When people who use drugs have a safe environment to consume drugs, drug use in our public spaces will be reduced.




…provide access to treatment and other health care supports. With the presence of health care professionals, those seeking to reduce or cease their drug use entirely can be helped to do so.




…are dignified. Open drug use demeans people who use drugs and does nothing to address the growing problem of addiction in our society.





…are fixed site needle exchanges. A distributed model of needle exchange must not replace fixed site services.

(copied form HRV email)