From October 2022 to October 2023, there were 26,154 visits to the site run by Sunshine House, a drop-in and resource centre, the report released Thursday said.
A mobile overdose prevention site is shown in Winnipeg in this undated handout photo. A mobile overdose prevention site in Winnipeg has seen tens of thousands of visits from people looking to access services or use drugs in a safe setting — more than double what was initially anticipated, a review of the site's first year of operations says.
Sunshine House hired a local consulting firm to prepare the report, which is based on data collected at the site, as well as interviews, focus groups and surveys. Researchers spoke with more than 600 people for the review.An overwhelming number of people interviewed spoke about the “profound” impact the site has had on vulnerable individuals, community organizations and Winnipeg’s core neighbourhood.
“The peers successfully created a warm and welcoming environment, and shaped programs and services to the specific needs of users,” the report said.“One mobile overdose prevention site is nowhere near enough to meet the size and scale of the challenge,” it said.-related deaths doubled in Canada between 2019 and the end of 2021, with the Prairie provinces experiencing a dramatic jump.
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