Canada - Denis Coderre makes another push for Montreal safe injection sites

[S.J.B.]

Denis Coderre makes another push for Montreal safe injection sites
CBC
June 4th, 2015

Montreal's mayor says the city will get supervised injection facilities regardless of what Ottawa says about it.

Denis Coderre says the project has been approved by city council and the provincial government.

The city's police force has also been consulted.

The federal government must grant an exemption under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act in order for a safe-injection site to operate.

Quebec officially asked for the exemption at the beginning of May, but Ottawa has been publicly and strongly opposed to granting licences for facilities where people can inject drugs legally.

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[ro4eva]

I'd be dying of laughter if Steven Harper and his fellow drug warriors had to crowd into a shady-looking clinic downtown - and not-so-close to home - in order to consume any alcoholic beverages.

Perhaps only then would he realize what an arrogant asshat he really is when it comes to the use of mind altering substances not including Alcohol, Nicotine, and Caffeine.

I really do hope Montreal gets SI sites - that's not a laughing matter, and it would undoubtedly save lives.