The pop-up site is being run by the newly formed Lethbridge Overdose Prevention Society. "We've arranged to have a number of volunteers waiting on standby with naloxone," he said, referring to a medication that is used to counter the effects of an opioid overdose. Tim Slaney, one of the organizers behind a new unsanctioned, supervised drug consumption site in Lethbridge. A mobile supervised drug consumption vehicle was introduced as a replacement for a now-shuttered permanent injection site in Lethbridge. "Dead people don't recover," she said while defending supervised consumption sites.
Source: CBC News September 26, 2020 09:02 UTC