Ontario is closing its supervised consumption sites, calling them a failure. So what counts as ‘success?’
#Ontario #Canada #AddictionCrisis #DrugPolicy #Politics #OverdosePrevention #Homelessness #Healthcare #Drug #MentalHealth #OpioidCrisis #EmergencyCare
https://the-14.com/ontario-is-closing-its-supervised-consumption-sites-calling-them-a-failure-so-what-counts-as-success/

'I see my brother in every death that I've attended': addictions crisis is personal for North Bay detective
Det. Brad Reaume doesn’t police the addiction crisis from a distance. When he knocks on a family’s door to deliver news of an overdose death, he doesn’t rely only on his training. He tells them about his brother.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/north-bay-drug-street-crime-investigator-documentary-9.7106883?cmp=rss

Surviving The Hill (Narcotics Documentary) | Real Stories

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The #OpioidCrisis continues to change, and as polysubstance abuse rises, become an #AddictionCrisis. Read more from @JanHoffmanNYT. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/13/health/polysubstance-opioids-addiction.html