Insite is a supervised drug injection site in the Downtown Eastside neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada The DTES had 4,700 chronic drug users in 2000 and has been considered to be the
Insite in 2008
People crowd the sidewalk during a fundraiser for Insite in 2008
Harm reduction, or harm minimization, refers to a range of intentional practices and public health policies designed to lessen the negative social and/or physical consequences associated with various
Needle exchange programs provide people who inject substances with new needles and injection equipment to reduce the harm (e.g., HIV infection) from needle drug use.
Drug paraphernalia available from a harm reduction NGO at a mobile supervised injection site in Berlin, Germany
Warning sign in Amsterdam after 3 tourists died after taking white heroin that was sold as cocaine
A bin allowing for safe disposal of needles in a public toilet in Caernarfon, Wales