Drug User Liberation Front, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, St. Paul's Hospital, 608-1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC V6Z 1Y6, Canada.
Drug User Liberation Front, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, St. Paul's Hospital, 608-1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC V6Z 1Y6, Canada.
Int J Drug Policy. 2024 Sep;131:104537. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104537. Epub 2024 Aug 12.
In 2022, the Drug User Liberation Front's Compassion Club and Fulfillment Centre emerged as a groundbreaking initiative and research endeavor aimed at addressing the alarming rise in overdose deaths within Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. As the first of its kind, this pioneering model operated as a non-profit, low-barrier, and non-medicalized approach to regulating the volatility of the content of the illicit drug market in order to prevent overdose deaths. Going beyond traditional overdose prevention methods, the Drug User Liberation Front's Compassion Club and Fulfillment Centre not only provided supervised consumption services, but also supplied rigorously tested cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine at cost to club members. This intrinsic case study offers a unique perspective on the operation of Drug User Liberation Front's Compassion Club and Fulfillment Centre, delving into its inception, development, implementation, and the challenges it faced in its operation. Ultimately, the insights garnered from the Drug User Liberation Front's Compassion Club and Fulfillment Centre hold significant value for others interested in establishing similar programs or exploring de-medicalized approaches regulating substances in order to prevent overdose deaths.
2022 年,“吸毒者解放阵线”关爱俱乐部和满足中心作为一项开创性的举措和研究项目出现,旨在解决温哥华唐人街吸毒过量死亡人数惊人上升的问题。作为同类项目中的首例,这一开创性模式以非营利、低门槛和非医疗化为特点,旨在调节非法毒品市场的不稳定性,以防止吸毒过量死亡。该项目超越了传统的吸毒过量预防方法,不仅提供了监督消费服务,还以成本价向俱乐部成员提供经过严格测试的可卡因、海洛因和冰毒。这项内在的案例研究提供了对“吸毒者解放阵线”关爱俱乐部和满足中心运作的独特视角,深入探讨了其成立、发展、实施以及在运作中面临的挑战。最终,从“吸毒者解放阵线”关爱俱乐部和满足中心中获得的见解对其他有兴趣建立类似项目或探索去医疗化方法来调节物质以防止吸毒过量死亡的人具有重要价值。