B.C. drug injection clinic can stay open, Supreme Court rules
Globe & Mail (Canada)
Friday, September 30, 2011
Friday, September 30, 2011
The Supreme Court of Canada has opened the door to supervised drug injection clinics across the country in a landmark decision that ordered the federal government to stop interfering with Vancouver’s controversial Insite clinic. The Court was persuaded by evidence that drug addicts are considerably safer administering their own injections under medical surveillance rather than obtaining and injecting hard drugs on the streets of the city’s troubled Downtown Eastside.
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