Advocates fear the looming closure of the Niagara Region's sole safe drug consumption site will result in a spike in overdose deaths and cases of blood-borne infections such as hepatitis C and HIV.

The closure of safe consumption sites (SCS) in Ontario, as well as rules restricting needle exchanges, flies in the face of scientific evidence and my own lived experiences as a family physician who’s ...

Do you think allowing a safe consumption site for drug users will only “enable” people who use illegal drugs? Do you, like KIRO radio host Jason Rantz, think safe consumption sites represent “coddling ...

The Ontario government recently said it will cut provincial funding for seven supervised drug consumption sites in Toronto, Ottawa, Niagara, Peterborough and London, with 90 days given to wind down ...

Early in my addiction medicine training, I completed a methadone treatment intake. My patient smoked about one gram of fentanyl per day and used heroin and prescription opioids prior to that; details ...