Pubdate: Tue, 09 May 2017 Source: Edmonton Journal (CN AB) Copyright: 2017 The Edmonton Journal Website: http://www.edmontonjournal.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/134 Author: Tim Nixon Page: A6 SAFE INJECTION SITES NEEDED IN SUBURBS There can be no doubt a safe injection site needs to be in the McCauley community health centre or in the Boyle Street Co-op or the George Spady Centre. However, homeless people in the inner city are not the majority of opiate users, so why all the injection sites in one small area? This is simply opportunistic. People living in McCauley have shown themselves to be very compassionate towards the poor and addicted. They also seem to have no ability to set reasonable social boundaries. Be that as it may, how are the rest of the opiate users in the city going to have safe health care? Is a middle-class husband or wife going to take a loved one to the Boyle Street Co-op for a safe injection? That is highly unlikely. To think of people in the centre of the city as the only ones in need stereotypes them and discriminates against others who may just as desperately need these services. Unfortunately, we have a city council too afraid to upset NIMBYs in the rest of the city. They only want to please so their jobs can be reassured. Tim Nixon, Edmonton - --- MAP posted-by: Matt