Jason Stutz is a staff member at Toronto's Kensington Market Overdose Prevention Site, which launched a Charter challenge to keep supervised drug-use sites open. Share Save for later Please log in to bookmark this story. Log In Create Free Account
A great shift is underway in Toronto months after the closures of several supervised drug-use 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 drug-use 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