Sudbury's supervised consumption site, The Spot, will close its doors at the end of March if provincial funding does not come through to allow it keep it operating.
The two cities have some of the highest opiate mortality rates in the province, but funds have run out, and the province isn't reviewing new funding applications.Sudbury's supervised consumption site, The Spot, is closing its doors after running out of funding. The site has applied to the province for funding, but has yet to hear back.
The city of Sudbury funded the Spot from its opening in 2022 until December last year, after which donations kept it afloat through March. The city of Timmins also funded its supervised consumption site from its 2022 opening until December last year. The city's hospital then provided funding for the next three months.
Kaela Pelland, director of peer engagement at Réseau ACCESS Network, says she expects more overdose fatalities in Sudbury after the city's only supervised consumption site closes. "I just felt safer, you know, knowing that there was, you know, trained medical staff on site," he said.
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