Supervised Drug Consumption

Topics: Harm reduction | Opioid epidemic | Safe Consumption Site

The recent opening of the first US supervised consumption site (SCS) in New York City was big news (Mays JC, Newman A. Nation’s first supervised drug-injection sites open in New York. The New York Times. November 30, 2021.). But what exactly is an SCS, and can it help patients? In this article, we’ll review the purpose of these sites, the evidence b