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Training Guide

Overview of Overdose Prevention Centers in the United States

Benefits

photo of a woman smiling and handing supplies to another person inside a safe injection site
Credit: MSIC

What are the key benefits of overdose prevention centers?

Over 30 years of research has indicated that OPCs offer a variety of benefits. These benefits include but are not limited to:

  1. Overdose: Reduce fatal overdose by responding to overdoses onsite that may otherwise have occurred in another condition that may or may not have naloxone or a responder with the person .
  2. Health: Reduce injection-related infections like HIV, hepatitis C, and bacterial infections by having space and supplies for non-rushed injections in sterile conditions.
  3. Connection: Improve connection to health and drug treatment services for participants accessing the SCS.
  4. Public safety: Reduced public injection and discarded syringes in the community due to injections and disposal happening on the premises.
  5. Cost: Save millions of dollars due to averted HIV infections alone.