Slowenien. Nova Gorica Welcomes Its First Drug Consumption Room: A Milestone in Harm Reduction in Slovenia  On November 14, 2024, Nova Gorica celebrated a landmark achievement with the opening of its first Drug Consumption Room (DCR), Goriška…

Kanada. Documents Show BC Scrapped OPC Plan at Hospitals Where Pop-Ups Ran On November 18, the newly organized group Doctors for Safer Drug Policy set up unsanctioned overdose prevention siteson the grounds outside at Royal Jubilee Hospital in…

Kanada. Unsanctioned Overdose Prevention Sites Open Outside Two BC Hospitals After two weeks in Royal Jubilee Hospital with a bad bout of pneumonia, Jared had stepped outside to smoke. Not a cigarette, but a hit of “down”—the term used in British C…

European Network of Drug Consumption Rooms  We are a membership-based civil society platform uniting organisations operating or planning to implement a Drug Consumption Room (DCR) in Europe. Our goal is to enhance the availability, accessibili…

Schottland. UK's first drugs consumption room to open in October The UK's first official consumption room for illegal drugs including heroin and cocaine will open in Glasgow on 21 October. The Safer Drugs Consumption Facility on Hunter Street in t…

Ruf nach Drogenkonsumräumen in allen Bundesländern Bremen – Drogenkonsumräume für opioidabhängige Menschen sollten in allen Bundesländern vorgehalten werden. Darauf hat der Bundesverband für akzeptierende Drogenarbeit und humane Drogenpolitik (Akze…