overdose prevention center

Supervised injection sites (SIS) or drug consumption rooms (DCRs) are a health and social response to drug-related problems. They are fixed or mobile spaces where people who use drugs are provided with sterile drug use equipment and can use illicit drugs under the supervision of trained staff. They are usually in areas where there is an open drug scene and where injecting in public places is common. The primary target group for DCR services are people who engage in risky drug use. The first drug consumption facility opened in Bern, Switzerland in 1986.