Supervised Consumption Sites

• ‘Extremely concerning’: Two northern Ontario safe consumption sites fear closure

  Anxiety is mounting over the future of two supervised consumption sites in northern Ontario as funding for them is set to run out at the end of the year.

  Canada

  Aug 29
  
• EMS crews have saved 18 patients using Alberta’s overdose response app

  The Digital Overdose Response Service app allows people who are using opioids alone to be monitored and have EMS respond if they become unconscious and need medical help.

  Canada

  Jun 1
  
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• Indoor smoking: Vancouver may cast aside ban at some supervised drug consumption sites

  Indoor drug inhalation is already permitted at federally-approved consumption sites. Vancouver has four of them, one of which has already applied to build indoor inhalation booths.

  Health

  May 29
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• Number of opioid deaths reported in Lethbridge increase in 2022: provincial data

  According to Alberta substance use surveillance data — which is publicly available online — 79 people died of unintentional opioid poisoning in Lethbridge last year.

  Health

  Apr 14
• Manitoba Opposition to delay bill that would license some addiction centres

  The Opposition has the right every spring to delay up to five bills in the legislature until the fall, and the NDP has chosen Bill 33 as its first this year.

  Canada

  Apr 3
• Fiery meeting held over proposed health hub in Edmonton’s Ritchie neighbourhood

  A Government of Alberta study shows that half of Edmonton business owners reported seeing less discarded drug paraphernalia after an SCS was opened in their area.

  Health

  Jan 31
• The gaps in between: A look into Edmonton’s opioid epidemic

  The opioid epidemic is affecting families all over Edmonton, but is the province's recovery-only approach more harmful than helpful? Or do we need more harm reduction?

  Features

  Dec 17, 2022
• Manitoba premier doubles down on Tories’ rejection of supervised consumption sites

  The province's community wellness minister, Sarah Guillemard, says other jurisdictions using consumption sites haven't seen reductions in drug use or overdose deaths.

  Health

  Nov 10, 2022
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• Report finds ‘unintentional poisoning’ is leading cause of ER visits for homeless Albertans

  A report from the Injury Prevention Centre found that 25 per cent of emergency department visits by houseless Albertans were for 'unintentional or undetermined poisoning.'

  Health

  Aug 5, 2022
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• At least 9 former Camp Hope residents dead of overdose since shut down: organizers

  Camp volunteers say the tragic trend should serve as proof of the value of supervised consumption sites, which until this point the province has declined to directly fund.

  Canada

  Mar 21, 2022