Comedian and actor Russell Brand has never been one to shy away from talking about his struggles with drug addiction.
In numerous articles and television specials, Brand has opened up about his struggle with heroin and has spoke openly about society’s need to help addicts and feel compassion for them.
While in Vancouver on his comedy tour this weekend, Brand found the time to visit the city’s supervised injection site, Insite.
He tweeted about the visit, calling co-founder Liz Evans an “inspiration.”
Insite first opened in 2003, and is North America’s first legal supervised injection site. It is a place where people can inject drugs, but it is also a place where people can connect to health care services.
The facility was in the news earlier this year when a Calgary columnist blamed Insite for Glee actor Cory Monteith’s death. Author Licia Corbella wrote: “It’s unlikely that the 31-year-old would have risked bringing hard drugs across the border from his home in the United States, so it’s safe to assume he may have either picked some up himself or had a gofer do it for him by visiting InSite, the government-sponsored and funded safe injection site at 139 East Hastings. “
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