The Alberta government has confirmed it will follow through with a longtime pledge to shutter Calgary’s only supervised drug consumption site.

“We are moving to close the Calgary drug consumption site located in the Sheldon M. Chumir Health Centre in 2026, and transition to treatment services on demand,” said a statement from the Ministry of Mental Health Addiction.

The ministry said there is no timeline yet for when exactly that might happen. The closure was first reported by the Calgary Herald .

The province first announced its intention to close it back in 2021, with the plan at that point to replace it with two new sites. For years though that did not happen, as city council called for more details on the replacements and advocates warned about the repercussions.

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