New EMCDDA resource on drug consumption rooms: a local response to local problems and needs

The EMCDDA has released today a new miniguide on drug consumption rooms (DCR) as part of its Health and social responses to drug problems: a European guide. The resource is the first miniguide in a bundle of reports dedicated to drug-related interventions. It provides an overview of key issues related to these facilities, including service delivery, guidance and existing evidence and latest developments in Europe. It also considers implications for policy and practice. DCRs are professionally supervised healthcare facilities (fixed or mobile) where people who use drugs can do so under safer…