Toronto's First Pop-Up Safe-injection Site to Open Without City's Blessing - CBC newsToronto harm reduction workers are taking matters into their own hands by opening the city's first unregulated pop-up safe-injection site following a spate of deaths in and around the city — three in the last 24 hours.
The Toronto Harm Reduction Alliance is set to open the site Saturday at a "traditionally underserved" location in downtown Toronto, front-line harm reduction worker Matt Johnson told CBC News.
Johnson declined to give the site's exact location, citing the protection of users and organizers who could potentially be arrested, given that the space is not authorized by the city.
I support the move and I hope they are not arrested. It would be ideal if Toronto would give approval. Safe injection sites don't encourage drug use, but help to protect drug users. If we want to get super practical and cynical, it also helps society if society doesn't end up footing the bill for hepatitis C, HIV/AIDS, and so on.