A great shift is underway in Toronto months after the closures of several supervised consumption sites, as their users seek alternatives and drop-in centres see an alarming jump in overdoses.

Some segments of the city's homeless population have resettled near remaining consumption sites, but fluctuating intakes have been reported at different locations.

The Toronto Drop-In Network said there has been a nearly 300 per cent increase in overdoses at its 10 locations since the spring closures. At the same time, paramedics in the city are responding to significantly fewer overdose calls and the number of provincewide overdose deaths has markedly dropped.

These changes have eased tensions in some parts of the city, while sparking anger in others.

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