A west-end community health centre that runs a supervised consumption site in Toronto has fenced off a parkette following reports of violence and open drug use in the outdoor space.

The Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre, which manages the parkette, says the outdoor space has been used as a gathering place by some clients of its supervised consumption site.

According to centre staff, there have been outdoor overdoses and near overdoses in the parkette, and resources from inside the centre have been required outside. As well, there have been concerns by neighbourhood residents about public safety.

Ray Clark, a health promoter and oxygen and overdose trainer at the centre, said on Thursday that it has seen a major increase in visits to its supervised consumption site since the On

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