Injection ‘Chill Rooms’ Proposed For Oakland Needle Exchange Program

Written by Nigel Brunsdon on 09/09/2016. Posted in Press

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.