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People attend a vigil in July 2023 for a woman who was killed by a stray bullet outside a supervised consumption site in Toronto. A jury recently found a man guilty of second-degree murder for her death. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

New study: Some crimes increased, others decreased around Toronto supervised consumption sites

Dimitra Panagiotoglou, McGill University

New research suggests overdose prevention and supervised consumption sites are not consistently associated with increases in local crime.
A man waits to enter the Safeworks supervised consumption site at the Sheldon M. Chumir Health Centre in Calgary, Alta., in August 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Drop in drug poisoning deaths does not necessarily indicate Alberta Recovery Model is working

Ping Lam Ip, University of Alberta; Andrea DeKeseredy, University of Alberta, and Patricia Dekeseredy, West Virginia University

Alberta’s controversial approach to the opioid crisis rejects harm reduction, including supervised consumption sites. Despite recent UCP claims that the program is working, more evidence is needed.
Resistance to policies like safe supply still create barriers for vulnerable people, despite evidence that harm reduction saves lives. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Let evidence, not opinion, guide harm reduction policy and practice in Canada’s drug poisoning crisis

Karla Ghartey, University of Toronto and Ross Upshur, University of Toronto

Harm reduction is grounded in evidence. But policies, stigma and ignorance about substance use still create barriers in battling Canada’s drug poisoning crisis.
A wall at a supervised consumption site in Ottawa is decorated with notes written in chalk. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Supervised consumption sites reduce drug overdoses and disease transmission — and deserve government support

Carolyn Greene, Athabasca University; Katharina Maier, University of Winnipeg, and Marta-Marika Urbanik, University of Alberta

Supervised consumption sites provide essential community connections and services for those who use them. By closing them, governments are risking the welfare of people who use drugs.

Related Topics

  1. Alberta
  2. drug poisoning
  3. Drugs
  4. Harm reduction
  5. Opioid crisis
  6. Opioids
  7. Overdose
  8. overdose prevention
  9. Substance use
  10. Supervised injection site

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