"A new study has found that overdose prevention sites (OPS) and supervised consumption sites (SCS) were not associated with overall increases in crime rates in Toronto neighbourhoods.
Researchers...began investigating the issue after hearing community concerns that OPS and SCS locations were being linked to increases in crime. Instead, they discovered there were “neutral to positive” impacts to areas with sites due to a decline in most crimes over time." https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/crime-rate-drug-consumption-site-9.7038196
only one of ten Toronto overdose prevention services targeted for closure by the conservative government of Ontario will stay open from tomorrow. the other nine folded under coercive financial pressure of receiving four times their previous funding provided that they *don't* provide overdose prevention services and preach abstinence 🤦🏼♂️
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/consumption-sites-ontario-1.7498128
[post updated with corrected terminology:-]
yesss! an Ontario judge has granted an injunction to keep 10 overdose prevention sites open while he considers a Charter challenge of a new provincial law that bans the sites from operating within 200m of schools or daycares.
cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/inj…
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/injunction-ontario-consumption-site-1.7496602
An Ontario judge has granted an injunction to keep 10 supervised consumption sites open while he considers a Charter challenge of a new provincial law that bans the sites from operating within 200 metres of schools or daycares.
A-Dub 🥝
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