Drug Consumption

• Manitoba’s 1st supervised drug consumption site may not open for months: Kinew

  Kinew now says the province is taking a step back from this approach and ensuring that different health-care interventions are built within the site before opening.

  Health

  Mar 16
  
• Ontario cutting funding for 7 supervised drug consumption sites

  The government in 2024 banned supervised consumption sites within 200 metres of a school or daycare, targeting 10 sites across the province for closure by the end of March 2025.

  Health

  Mar 16
  
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• St. Thomas city council debates supervised drug consumption site, mayor shows hesitancy

  There were a combined 90 opioid-related deaths in 2021 and 2022, according to the Southwestern Public Health Unit, up from a combined 44 opioid-related deaths in 2019 and 2020.

  Canada

  Mar 14, 2023
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• Alberta harm reduction advocate, drug user challenges government focus on abstinence

  There are opioid agonist treatment programs in Alberta where powerful opioid medications, like methadone and suboxone, are prescribed to treat substance use disorder.

  Perspectives

  Apr 17, 2022
• It’s too soon to support drug decriminalization: Alberta police chiefs

  Almost 1,400 people died from substance-related overdoses in Alberta between January and October 2021 — a 26 per cent increase over the same time period the previous year.

  Canada

  Jan 20, 2022
• Laval man dies after falling from 12th floor of apartment building

  Laval police are unable to determine if he jumped, accidentally fell or was pushed.

  Canada

  Jan 19, 2017