Supervised Injection

• Parents’ doubts persist after forum on Montreal supervised drug use site near school

  Many who attended the meeting said they showed up in an attempt to learn more about the supervised drug-use site, while others were there to protest the project.

  Canada

  Sep 20, 2023
  
• Toronto hospital becomes first in Ontario to provide supervised consumption services

  'We see a supervised consumption service as a critical health care necessity,' said Casey House CEO, Joanne Simons.

  Health

  Apr 5, 2022
  
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• First overdose prevention site in Regina officially opens

  Since the overdose prevention site in Regina's soft launch last week, four people have already used it, according to Michael Parker of the Nēwo Yōtina Friendship Centre. 

  Canada

  May 25, 2021
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• Location identified for proposed Barrie supervised consumption site

  Barrie city council will decide whether to endorse the site's application at its meeting on June 3.

  Health

  Apr 24, 2019
• Federal court dismisses request for judicial review of 3 Edmonton supervised injection sites

  A federal court judge has dismissed an Edmonton business association's application for a review into the decision to allow three supervised consumption sites to operate in the city's core.

  Canada

  Feb 28, 2019
• Integrated safe consumption centre to open in Victoria next week

  "Not a single life has been lost."

  Canada

  Jun 14, 2018
• Vancouver Island drug sites see 100K visits, Nanaimo councillor calls for more

  Since Vancouver Island opened its first overdose prevention site in 2016 the region's harm reduction facilities have seen more than 100,000 visits.

  Apr 5, 2018
• Hamilton City Council gives formal endorsement to supervised injection site in downtown core

  Mayor Fred Eisenberger notes that in his "perfect world" we wouldn't have addiction, but "that is not the reality."

  Health

  Dec 8, 2017
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• Victoria to get first federally sanctioned supervised consumption site

  The new facility will offer a health clinic and referral to addiction treatment, along with a place to consume drugs.

  Aug 3, 2017
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• Supervised injection sites open in Montreal — one of them is mobile

  For the first time in Montreal drug users now have access to supervised injection sites.

  Health

  Jun 20, 2017