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Supervised injection sites coming to Montreal, Coderre says
René Bruemmer
The Gazette
September 10th, 2014
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René Bruemmer
The Gazette
September 10th, 2014
The city of Montreal will see supervised drug injection sites on its territory in the near future, Mayor Denis Coderre announced Wednesday.
“Following the (2011) ruling of the Supreme Court of Canada where it was clearly stated ... that these sites are important for public health and security, it is clear this affects many people ...” Coderre said. “There will be three supervised sites because if we want to reach these people and help them, these sites are important, be they permanent or mobile.”
Supervised injection sites allow drug addicts to shoot up under medical supervision with clean needles. Last year, Montreal’s health and social services agency asked Quebec to finance four such sites and locate them at established community organizations like Cactus and Spectre de rue that help addicts. Coderre said he was in favour of that model.
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