The Ontario government is facing backlash from community advocates and medical professionals over its plan to convert nine supervised consumption sites to Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment (HART) hubs. The province claims the closures are necessary to protect children and families, citing concerns about the proximity of injection sites to schools and daycares. Critics argue that the move will lead to more overdose deaths and inadequate access to harm reduction services.
A view of the Safe Injection Room in the Moss Park Consumption and Treatment Service in Toronto on Monday, Aug. 26, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris YoungThe province has released new details of its plan to convert some of Ontario ’s supervised consumption sites to Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment hubs amid backlash from community advocates and medical professionals who say the closures will lead to more deaths.
“Through these nine new Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment Hubs, part of our government’s $378 million investment to create a total of 19 hubs across the province, we are taking the next step in our plan to keep communities safe while improving access to mental health and addictions services.”
Services will include “comprehensive primary care, substance use treatment, housing and shelter support and mental health assessments,” the document read.The Neighbourhood Group’s Kensington Market Overdose Prevention Site at 260 Augusta Ave., which is not funded by the province and has not been approved for conversion, also must close by March 31.
Of those clients, only about 35 will be within 500 metres of an open supervised consumption site come April, the study read. 'Absolutely crazy' snow squalls trigger whiteout conditions, crashes in parts of southern Ontario: OPP
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