The opioid drug-crisis debate is intense in a city with a large supervised drug-consumption site and lots of progressives and conservatives
The streets near the supervised drug consumption site in Lethbridge, Alberta, April 10, 2019. The Globe and Mail/Todd KorolOne of the busiest supervised drug-consumption sites in North America is quiet on a cloudy Wednesday morning. The building is unmarked and non-descript, a squat structure on the edges of Lethbridge’s downtown core. Two security guards in bright yellow jackets chat outside in the spring chill. Down the block, a dishevelled man stands alone, staring down at the sidewalk.
In Lethbridge-East, Ms. Fitzpatrick is facing UCP candidate Nathan Neudorf; Liberal Devon Hargreaves; the Alberta Party’s Ally Taylor; and Independence Party candidate John W. McCanna. But no one in Lethbridge-West is expecting such a scenario this time around. At Ms. Phillips’s downtown campaign office, the work does not stop. “We built this seat with hustle,” she said. “And we’re going to continue to do that.”
“This drug crisis in general has been an extremely polarizing topic in our community,” she said. “Most of these facilities have been erected in large centres, so having such a large facility that is so heavily used in a community the size of Lethbridge, I think has been a lot for people to take in.”Alberta’s fourth-largest city, Lethbridge is a hub for retired farmers and rural residents coming off the land.
Ms. Notley has said existing support for drug consumption sites across the province will remain in place.
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