01-09-2017 15:00 via edmontonjournal.com

Researchers outline plan to study impact of Edmonton's safe injection sites

Public health researchers behind Edmonton’s effort to develop supervised drug consumption sites say they have a plan to study how the yet-to-be-approved facilities impact both clients and communities.
Assuming the four sites win approval from Health Canada and begin operating, a robust evaluation process will be needed to gauge the benefits and residents’ reactions to the facilities, the researchers said in a new report.
“The focus of this evaluation is not on proving the effec
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