The demand for supervised injection and inhalation, along with safer supply, continues to grow
When one of the first informal supervised drug consumption sites opened in Greater Victoria in 2017, it quickly outgrew its space.
“But this was much more official. It had paramedics working there. So it was the first of its kind here,” Cameron said. Opening an inhalation site has been “the biggest victory,” because smoking is the entry point to drug use for most people and there are significantly more people who use by inhaling, Cameron said.Operating an inhalation site is a challenge because of laws to protect staff from working in smoking environments. Solid has found ways to separate staff from smoking rooms with walls and windows so they’re not exposed to smoke, but can still supervise people using drugs, Cameron said.
In Victoria, 49 people have died from toxic drug overdoses since the start of the year. In Nanaimo, that number is 45.
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