Pubdate: Fri, 18 Mar 2016
Source: Toronto Star (CN ON)
Copyright: 2016 The Toronto Star
Contact:  http://www.thestar.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/456
Author: Emile Therien
Page: A14
Note: Headline by newshawk

SUPERVISED INJECTION SITE ARE ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL

It is absolutely critical that Toronto, like Vancouver and Montreal,
gets on board and supports supervised injection sites. It is, indeed,
the right thing to do.

We simply cannot ignore the scientific evidence. The issue at hand is
public health, not politics. And the evidence speaks for itself.

In September 2014, Canada's first sanctioned supervised injection site, 
Insite, celebrated over 10 years of servicing Vancouver's Downtown 
Eastside: 10 years, two million visitors, and no deaths. Insite runs 
steadily every day for 18 hours until 4 a.m. Approximately 800 people 
use the booths each day.

It is time that policies affecting the health and safety of citizens
conform to science. It is called depoliticizing health leadership and
science over politics.

Emile Therien, Ottawa
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