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Shared with Commission Members – January 29, 2019

The Boston Globe - Opinion - Andrew Lelling - Safe injection sites aren’t safe or legal (Jan 28, 2019) (PDF 238.46 KB)
RAND Corporation Research Report – Considering Heroin-Assisted Treatment and Supervised Drug Consumption Sites in the United States (2018) (PDF 511.99 KB)

Meeting Materials - January 28, 2019

HRC Meeting Presentation (PDF 402.05 KB)
HRC Meeting Agenda (PDF) (PDF 108.59 KB)
HRC Meeting Agenda (DOCX) (DOCX 33.24 KB)
BUU HRC Presentation (PDF 573.01 KB)
BUU Best Practices and Requests (PDF 394.01 KB)
BUU Presentation Overview (PDF 389.08 KB)
HRC Taveras (PDF 2.51 MB)
BC Coroners Report - Overdose Deaths (2018) (PDF 627.68 KB)
Article - Providing A Safe Space And Medical Monitoring To Prevent Overdose Deaths (2016) (PDF 2.33 MB)
Beletsky cover memo HRC 1-14-2019 (PDF 388.78 KB)
Article - Hydromorphone Trial JAMA Psychiatry (2016) (PDF 412.72 KB)
Article - Heroin on Trial - Systematic Review BJP (2015) (PDF 389.72 KB)
San Francisco SIS Task Force final report (2017) (PDF 1.61 MB)
New York SIF Legislation (PDF 5.52 KB)
Supervised Injection Services - What Has Been Demonstrated (2014) (PDF 663.33 KB)
McGovern - Harm Reduction Strategies in Montréal (PDF 3.91 MB)

Meeting Materials - January 9, 2019

HRC meeting presentation 1-9-2019 (PDF 416.28 KB)
HRC meeting agenda 1-9-2019 (pdf) (PDF 100.97 KB)
HRC meeting agenda 1-9-2019 (doc) (DOCX 29.63 KB)
HRC response BORIM 12-10-2018 (PDF 1.2 MB)
HRC response BORN 12-27-2018 (PDF 359.58 KB)
HRC response Board of Registration of Social Workers 12-18-2018 (PDF 207.16 KB)
HRC Gaeta research overview 1-9-2019 (PDF 806.11 KB)
HRC Beletsky 1-9-2019 (PDF 1.01 MB)
HRC Castiel 1-9-2019 (PDF 333 KB)
Article – Fentanyl’s New Foe (1-7-2019) (PDF 226.59 KB)
HRC Harm Reduction wish list (Gary Langis) (12-18-2018) (PDF 139.26 KB)

Meeting Materials - December 17, 2018

HRC meeting presentation 12-17-2018 (PDF 407.05 KB)
HRC meeting agenda 12-17-2018 (PDF 99.65 KB)
HRC meeting agenda 12-17-2018 (DOCX 28.94 KB)
Henry HRC 12-17-2018 (PDF 1.85 MB)
Loo HRC 12-17-2018 (PDF 911.44 KB)
Solet HRC 12-17-2018 (PDF 441.22 KB)
Chapdelaine HRC 12-17-2018 (PDF 309.86 KB)
Joint Statement of the US Attorney’s Office and the Denver Field Office of the DEA (Dec. 2018) (PDF 109.92 KB)
Article – Feds threaten jail for opening a supervised injection site in America (Dec. 2018) (PDF 88.1 KB)
Canada SCS Report (2018) (PDF 2.43 MB)
Bringing Safer Consumption Spaces to the United States (2018) (PDF 2.89 MB)
Briefer – SIF Legal Challenges and Status of SIF Legislation in Key States (12/12/2018) (PDF 206.59 KB)
Briefer – SIF Legal Challenges and Status of SIF Legislation in Key States (DOCX 40.03 KB)
Elliott The Dr Peter Centre Presentation (PDF 1.38 MB)

Meeting Materials - November 20, 2018

HRC meeting presentation 11-20-2018 (PDF 401.49 KB)
HRC meeting agenda 11-20-2018 (PDF 99.29 KB)
HRC meeting agenda 11-20-2018 (DOCX 25.38 KB)
Harm Reduction Overview – Bharel 11-20-2018 (PDF 1.01 MB)
HRC SPOT program overview Gaeta 11-20-2018 (PDF 1.76 MB)
Engagement Center Larkin 11-20-2018 (PDF 3.04 MB)
Overview of International SIF models (DOCX 21.89 KB)
List of SIFs and OPS operating in Canada (DOCX 42.35 KB)
Article – Changes in public order after the opening of an overdose monitoring facility for people who inject drugs (2017) (PDF 923.59 KB)
Article – The willingness of people who inject drugs in Boston to use a supervised injection facility (2017) (PDF 688.15 KB)
Ropes & Gray SIF memo (2017) (PDF 141.15 KB)
Latest Massachusetts DPH opioid report (Nov. 2018) (PDF 190.33 KB)
Article – Drug consumption rooms: an overview of provision and evidence (PDF 365.19 KB)
Article – Integrating supervised consumption into a continuum of care for people who use drugs (PDF 41.73 KB)

Meeting Materials - October 24, 2018

Chapter 55 Data Brief 2017 (PDF 496.24 KB)
DPH Opioid-related Overdose Deaths among MA Residents - August 2018 (PDF 524.01 KB)
HRC Mass Harm Reduction Efforts (PDF 230.88 KB)
HRC Other Countries and Key References (PDF 222.27 KB)
HRC Presentation - 10.24.2018 (PDF 505.6 KB)
Legal Overview of SIF in US 2008 (PDF 186.97 KB)
Mass Medical SIF Report 2017 (PDF 1010.48 KB)
NYC SIF Report 2018 (PDF 2.28 MB)
SIF Legal Challenges and Status of SIF Legislation in Key States (PDF 196.16 KB)
HRC CA Veto Press Release (JPG 190.49 KB)
Baker-Polito Administration Further Expands Access to Opioid Reversal Medication - Mass.gov - 10.18.2018 (PDF 351.29 KB)
Fentanyl Test Strips Reduce Risk Of Overdose In Small Study - CommonHealth 10 18 2018 (PDF 228.37 KB)
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