Ontario Premier Doug Ford is asking that the federal government put the brakes on any approvals for new safe supply sites for drug users in Ontario and conduct a review of existing sites.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford attends a housing announcement in Belleville, Ont., on Friday, March 1, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
"For that reason, I’m calling on the federal government to immediately stop approving new sites and conduct a formal review of existing ones in the province."– have advocated for safe supply programs as a way of providing people living with drug addiction a safer alternative that results in fewer opioid-related deaths and infections. The approach involves looking at drug addiction as a health issue rather than a vice.
However safer drug supply programs have also become a political hot potato, with some politicians bawking at the idea, and saying government should focus on treatment programs rather than providing safer drugs and spaces for drug users. In his letter to Trudeau Thursday, Ford reiterated that his government does not support Toronto Public Health's request to the federal government to decriminalize simple possession of hard drugs.
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