After being declared a nuisance property last month the Nanaimo Area Network of Drug Users has closed the Nicol Street O-D prevention site.
Chains turn away those utilizing the space offered at the former site.
From her house overlooking this drug overdose prevention site, Vivian Johnson has seen a change. Tents have been removed and the amount of traffic has dropped.She says her feelings have been mixed since the overdose prevention site opened. At first, she was upset by the noise and problems the site brought to the neighbourhood but as time went on she felt the problems were subsiding, and that the positives were outweighing the negatives.
“It’s a shame because we’ve already lost some people that used to come here on a daily basis so we’re quite sad about that.” The group is hoping to find a new location somewhere, and have been looking at a few places but have yet to find any leads.
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