(Mibrane raises hand)
I've been quite enjoying Thursday Delight and Continuum at the last couple of months and, conveniently, MSIC is basically directly on the other side of the club hosting those events.
Oddly enough for about the same length of time I've also been enjoying meth. After wandering all the way down to Rushcutters Bay park a few times I decided to go through th initial hassle of registering (it wasn't too long actually, its just they close at 10:30 and I'm only just arriving before that so i didn't want to hassle the staff. SO, first time you visit you need to go through a rego with a worker - drug most often used at the moment, other drugs used, length of use, any vein damage issues, rules of the MSIC etc)
I'm obviously pretty ofay with the safe injection thing anyway, I've actually toured the place on a work basis, and one of my workmates also does shifts there, so I was pretty clued in on what to expect.
Its basically divided into 3 rooms - reception and a closed room for the initial registrations.
Then you move into the second room and its basically little tables, with a hospital-steel bowl with your equipment in it. And away you go...
Stage 3 is basically recovery - you can stay a couple of minutes or an hour if you need it. Workers will watch you if you're over the edge on whatever.
Benefits for me: (i) It happens to be located near somewhere I am going and want to use just before I get there. (ii) Its well lit. (iii) I'm often using on my own so I know if something does go wrong (and, for the record, I've lasted 10 years of injecting without overdosing) I will be attended to. (iv) I don't have to carry a dirty around with me all night or until I find a sharpsafe (i've also never dumped a fit)
Problems I have with it (and these are often reflected in research we,a nd MSIC itself, have done with more regular users): (i) You can't split deals - its one perso, one table. Now this is to avoid standover or sharing of any equipment. ANd it has benefits. But often users do need to go halves in a deal. You can't do that. (ii) I often mix up a few of mine early in the evening and take one out with me. You can't bring in made up fits and have them there. Its not a big deal, but if I'm without scales it can be difficult to get your divisions right.
I've only been the twice, but that's a bit of a tidbit. I've got to jump off now, but may expand a little later on.
I'd also be really interested in reading any other reports.