Tag: supervised injection site

May 15 2020

COVID-19, Reflections

People who use drugs are experiencing overlapping crises during COVID-19

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The call to self-isolate puts people who use drugs in a uniquely dangerous position.

Oct 21 2019

Reflections

Structural violence and Canada’s overdose catastrophe: time for a Royal Commission

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Dan Small is a medical anthropologist and lecturer at the University of British Columbia. Since 2018, British Columbia has been pursuing legal action against pharmaceutical companies for their involvement...

Mar 19 2018

Student Humanities Blog

What working at a supervised injection site for a year taught me about our healthcare system

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Ariane Litalien is a medical student in the Class of 2020 at McGill University I was about halfway through my second year as a medical student at McGill University when—for a variety of...