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Second Supervised Injection Site To Open In Vancouver's Downtown Eastside

Darpan News Desk, 27 Jul, 2017 11:58 AM
    VANCOUVER — Drug users in Vancouver now have the option of using a second federally sanctioned supervised injection facility.
     
     
    The service will be provided daily starting Friday at the Powell Street Getaway, a drop-in centre for people living with mental health and substance use challenges.
     
     
    Health Canada granted the centre an exemption to the country's drug laws in May and completed an inspection this week.
     
     
    British Columbia's Mental Health and Addictions Minister Judy Darcy says the aim of the service is to prevent overdose deaths and connect people with needed services.
     
     
     
     
    Insite opened in the same neighbourhood as a stand-alone facility in 2003, when a public health emergency was declared over high rates of HIV in the Downtown Eastside.
     
     
    Vancouver Coastal Health operates both facilities and has asked Health Canada to allow people at the Powell Street Getaway to also be allowed to take drugs in other ways, including snorting them.

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