title: Supervised injection sites: Minister of Health ready to review applications for pilot research projects.
abstract: Since 1 January 2003, Health Canada has been prepared to receive proposals for pilot supervised injection sites (SISs). Vancouver has already indicated that it will submit a proposal within a few months. Other cities that have expressed an interest in opening SISs include Montréal, Québec, Winnipeg, and Victoria.
authors.affiliation: Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network. ralfj@aidslaw.ca
authors.forename: Ralf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jürgens
mesh_terms: D001955:British Columbia; D033161:Government Regulation; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D010865:Pilot Projects; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous