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• A look inside Carepoint, London, Ont.’s permanent consumption and treatment site

  The Carepoint Consumption and Treatment Services facility will provide people with a space to use drugs safely and seek services for recovery.

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  Feb 23, 2023
  
• Officials ‘hopeful’ London’s permanent supervised consumption site opens by end of year

  While the first permanent supervised consumption site in London, Ont. is being built, a temporary version of the site has relocated to a trailer at 446 York St. from King Street.

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  Jul 8, 2022
  
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• MLHU warns fentanyl is being sold as crystal meth and causing overdoses in London area

  The Middlesex London Health Unit is warning drug users that drugs sold as crystal meth could actually be fentanyl.

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  Apr 1, 2022
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• Opening of London’s supervised consumption site pushed back to summer 2022: RHAC

  The delays are being blamed in part on the COVID-19 pandemic, cost variables, and supply chain issues related to the construction sector.

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  Nov 5, 2021
• Crystal meth dashboard adds new harm reduction tool for London, Ont. and Middlesex County

  The Middlesex-London Health Unit's new surveillance system aims to track crystal methamphetamine use in the region while identifying potential areas for intervention.

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  Oct 21, 2021
• London’s supervised consumption site aims to open no later than March 2022

  The upcoming permanent site at 446 York St. has been in the works since 2018 and survived local opposition, along with a failed attempt to appeal its rezoning.

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  Jul 12, 2021
• Coronavirus: Opioid-related deaths steady, outreach agencies report rise in overdoses in London

  Outreach groups in London, Ont., have been adapting quickly to the ongoing pandemic but the winter months will present added challenges.

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  Nov 23, 2020
• Overdose prevention site marking one year anniversary in London

  Officials say the site has been visited 13,000 times since opening Feb. 12 last year.

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  Feb 12, 2019
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• No fear over risk of gap in service after appeal filed over plans for permanent supervised consumption site: RHAC

  The head of the Regional HIV/AIDS Connection says the temporary overdose prevention site, or TOPS, should remain in operation until a permanent site is ready.

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  Jan 7, 2019