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RSS FeedsHealth Canada approves immediate opening of a safe injection site in Toronto
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20 august 2017 20:08:11

 
Health Canada approves immediate opening of a safe injection site in Toronto
(The Star Fashion & Style)
 


Health Canada has approved the immediate opening of a downtown supervised safe injection site to combat the opioid crisis in Toronto, but it’s not nearly enough, according to one of the founders of an unsanctioned pop-up site at Moss Park.“It’s not a crisis response,” registered nurse Leigh Chapman said in an interview.“I think it’s great that they have accelerated the opening of the sanctioned safe injection sites,” Chapman said, adding that it would be useful for the site to have extended hours.“It would be great if they could expand their hours and have much longer hours than we have,” Chapman said.She said there are absolutely no plans to shut down the Moss Park pop-up site, which currently runs seven days a week, with volunteers working from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m.“We can’t abandon these people who are visiting our tent in Moss Park,” Chapman said. “We are building trust and allowing them the opportunity to feel safe with volunteers who care about their wellbeing. The city should care too.”More details on the facility at 277 Victoria St., near Yonge and Dundas St., are expected from the Medical Officer of Health on Monday morning.The interim site there has approval to run until at least Feb. 28, 2018, according to Health Canada.The Moss Park group has received funding from a GoFundMe campaign In addition to supervising injections, it has handed out more than 200 kits of naloxone to block the affects of opioids.Toronto Mayor John Tory met earlier this month with harm reduction workers to talk about how to respond to the city’s opioid problem.Health Canada has already approved safe injection sites at the South Riverdale Community Health Centre and at the Parkdale Queen West Community Health Center but those sites remain closed pending renovations.There were reportedly 2,400 deaths in Canada in 2016 blamed on opioid-related overdoses.Chapman said her group has su ...


 
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