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Canada is making it easier to open up supervised drug consumption sites
The House of Commons approved Monday night changes to drug legislation, as the Liberal government faces mounting pressure to deal with the opioid crisis.
Montreal's first supervised drug injection sites to open within weeks
“We’re finally starting to see political obstruction peel away."
Canada will clear the way for new safe injection sites
New legislation will make it much easier for cities like Vancouver and Montreal to open their own injection sites, with an eye to combatting the ongoing overdose crisis.
What It’s Like Saving Lives on the Front Lines of Canada’s Opioid Crisis
"Within the last 12-month period, we're looking at over 1,000 overdoses requiring the use of naloxone," says one of the operators of North America's first supervised injection site.
Seattle plans to open safe spaces for addicts to use heroin — and that's smart
A local heroin task force suggested that the city try what’s worked in several places outside the US: Spaces for addicts to safely get high without fear of law enforcement.
Most of Vancouver’s Heroin Supply Tainted with Fentanyl, Study Says
The city's safe injection facility found 86 percent of the drugs it tested this summer contained fentanyl.
Snoop Dogg Is Really Mad Canadian Cops Hassled Him About Weed
"Y'all need to raise up off me Canada."
Toronto Eyes Safe Injection Sites to Combat Rising Overdoses
There are over 90 supervised injection services around the world, mostly in Europe, and Australia. In North America, however, Vancouver is still the only city to officially provide spaces for users to consume their drugs.
A New Study Says Safe Injection Sites in Canada Could Save Lives and Money
Canada has North America’s first and only safe injection site, in Vancouver, British Columbia, called Insite. It opened in 2003 and since then, mortality rates from overdoses and the spread of infectious diseases have dropped dramatically.
Why the Fuck Aren't Canada's Political Parties Talking About the Indigenous AIDS Crisis?
"If HIV was represented in 'old stock Canadians' in the rates that its represented in First Nations communities, that would be declared an emergency tomorrow," a leading researcher charges.
Montreal Plans to Open Safe Injection Sites With or Without Federal Approval
The first and only legal clinic in North America that allows users to inject drugs under supervision, and without threat of arrest, is in Vancouver. Montreal plans to add four more.
Mies van der Rohe's Iconic Farnsworth House Gets the Projection Mapping Treatment
Chicago-based art and design collaborative, Luftwerk, employed projection mapping to create this immersive ode to iconic architecture.