Montreal opens first mobile supervised injection clinic in North America
First site will operate beside a two-booth mobile unit will offer a medically supervised space and sterile equipment for people who use drugs intravenously
The Guardian (UK)
Monday, June 19, 2017
Monday, June 19, 2017
Montreal has launched the first mobile supervised injection clinic in North America, as part of a package of services aimed at fighting back against an opioid crisis that has claimed thousands of lives across Canada. After years of lobbying by community organisations – the city opened its first safe injection site, alongside a two-booth mobile unit that will make its way through the downtown core. The services, which offer a medically supervised space and sterile equipment for people who use drugs intravenously, are Canada’s first such facilities outside of British Columbia. (See also: Canada eases steps to open supervised drug injection sites amid opioid crisis)
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