Source: CBC
Independent researchers have released new scientific findings on the impact of Vancouver's safe-injection site that they hope will answer the federal government's criticism that more study is needed before a decision is made on its future.
The Conservative government has been highly skeptical of the project, which opened its doors to addicts in Vancouver's troubled Downtown Eastside in 2003.
Dr. Evan Wood, chief author of the report, says that the impact of the safe injection site is 'remarkable.'
(CBC) Health Minister Tony Clement is set to announce major changes to Canada's national drug strategy next week and there are fears they could spell the demise of North America's only safe-injection site.
The researchers have previously shown the facility has reduced the spread of HIV and reduced crime in the area.
In a paper published Friday in Addiction, the world's foremost medical journal on drug dependency, researchers with the independent B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS say the new results are also very clear.
They say InSite deserves credit for a 30 per cent increase in the number of addicts getting off the streets and into detox and treatment programs.
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