Concentrated injections will help effectively detoxify

Canadian scientists said that drug addicts participating in public and supervised injecting centers would be more likely to give up the substance than sneaky injecting drug users.

Researchers at British Columbia's Center for HIV / AIDS Specialization at St. Hospital Paul and the University of British Columbia in Vancouver have found a link between a supervised pilot injection facility.

Addicts can inject drugs under the supervision of health workers and the number of drug abusers is increasing in at least six months.

The findings were published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence.

Researcher Dr. Julio Montaner said: ' Many people have seen the benefits of supervised injecting facilities, which are a precursor to drug treatment, reducing crime rates and infections. HIV, preventing the risk of shocking overdose, as well as helping drug users voluntarily leave drugs. "

Mr. Montaner and colleagues followed 902 drug addicts participating in the pilot injection center in the period of December 2003 to June 2006. During that time, 95 informed patients gave up on drug use after at least six months.