Injection ‘Chill Rooms’ Proposed For Oakland Needle Exchange Program

At last weekend’s syringe and needle exchange, Courtney and other HIV Education Prevention Project of Alameda staffers unveiled what they call a “chill room.” It’s a pop-up tent designed as a safe injection site manned by a medical professional. The group said there are 90 such sites worldwide, but the only one in North America is in Vancouver.

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SAFE SHAPE Interview

The Drugreporter team filmed a piece about the Safe Shape during the Drug Policy Alliance conference in 2015. The video features an interview with Greg Scott who came up with the original idea for SAFE SHAPE.