Posted on December 17, 2015
Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2015/12/16/health/insite-canada-injection-drug-addicts/index.html
"'The predominant concept [to date] has been a drug-free world, rather than a pragmatic acceptance that substance use is common,' says Chris Beyrer, director of Johns Hopkins Center for Public Health & Human Rights.
Supervised injection is yet to cross the border into the U.S. where even the more accepted approach of needle exchange is limited by a federal ban on funding for such services.
Beyrer believes the approach of a 'War on Drugs' is preventing countries like the U.S adopting strategies that can make a difference in other ways and hopes continued evidence on the benefits of harm reduction will help his home country move forward."
