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HSC 4143 University of Florida Substance Abuse Pros and Cons of Safer Injection Sites Essay
Background:
“Safer Injection Sites” are government-run facilities where IV drug users can go to safely inject their drugs. Drugs are NOT provided to users at these sites (BYOD); however, these sites ARE medically supervised by nurses and addiction counselors, and provide:
Sterile “works” (e.g., needles and other injection supplies)
Emergency overdose care (Narcan/naloxone)
Basic primary healthcare services
Referral to addiction treatment services
- Discussion Prompts:
- Research and discuss the “pros and cons” of Safer Injection Sites with respect to BOTH individual drug users and the communities they live in (be sure to support your information with appropriate citations). Pros and cons can be related to health (both physical and mental), crime/justice, money/economics, addiction recovery, safety, etc.
- What is your opinion about Safer Injection Sites? Would you support opening a Safer Injection Site in your community – why or why not?
- Instructions:
Your response should be based on the Module 2 readings, lectures, and other content.
Use college-level writing. Your original post must be a minimum of 400 words.
You MUST include reference material (either from the module and/or from SUITABLE external sources) AND provide BOTH appropriate in-text citations AND full-source citations at the bottom of the post in order to earn full credit for the discussion! Please see the “APA Style Resources and Discussion Rubric” discussion board for resources to help you correctly cite the reference material in your post.
