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Originally Posted by VO #23
Dude, those stats talk about OVERDOSE deaths. Overdoses aren't the critical issue in DTES Vancouver - the spread of HIV is. Insite is designed to give drug users a small space with sterilized equipment to inject themselves so they aren't doing it in back alleys, passing around dirty needles and transmitting HIV all over the place.
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Impact on blood-borne viruses
The 2003 evaluators of the Sydney MSIC found that it “had not increased blood-borne virus transmission”[18] with the data more specifically showing no improvement re HIV infection incidence, no improvement in Hep B infections,[36] either worse or no improvement (depending on the suburb studied) in new Hep C notifications,[37] no improvement in reuse of others' syringes and injecting equipment, no improvement in tests taken for HIV and Hep C and initial improvement in tests taken for Hep B but worsening again in 2002.[38] The 2010 evaluation found no measurable impact on blood-borne diseases.[39]
The Expert Advisory Committee for Vancouver’s Insite found that journal studies with mathematical modeling by researchers from self-reports of users generated a wide range of estimates for HIV cases averted, but they were not convinced that the assumptions were valid.
Seems to me it is still all over the place on if there is actually a benefit.