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Drug consumption rooms (DCRs) to reduce injecting risk behaviour
Summary of the evidence
DCRs were found to be effective in a systematic review without meta-analysis (Kennedy et al., 2017, 47 studies), in:
- reducing injecting risk behaviour (syringe sharing, syringe exchange and safer practices) (9 studies).
Also confirmed by a review of reviews (MacArthur et al., 2014, N=25 reviews) and another systematic review (Potier et al., 2014).
Details
Note: this evidence summary is only valid for the outcomes, target groups, settings and substances/patterns of use described below.
