Toronto will soon be getting more supervised consumption sites for people who use unregulated drugs.
Set to open in the next one to two years, the expanded harm reduction service is the result of a new partnership between Toronto Public Health , Unity Health Toronto, and University Health Network. The exact locations for the new sites are still being determined.
“Supervised consumption services are critical medical services that have proven to save lives, especially as opioid overdoses have reached record levels in our city,” Coun. Chris Moise, chair of the Board of Health, said in a Feb. 24 release. This marks the second consecutive year that Toronto saw more than 500 overdose deaths. In 2020, 539 people in Toronto died of a drug overdose.
In a release, the City of Toronto said that a number of factors, including stigma and discrimination, are preventing people from accessing services, which is impacting the health of those who use drugs.
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