The addict — who joked about having cocaine for breakfast — is convinced opening the supervised injection site 24 hours a day when social assistance cheques are delivered will save lives. That same site alone saw 14 overdoses in the past day — double the usual number. Yesterday's total of 14 was double the average number of incidents they see on social assistance cheque days, according to Vancouver Coastal Health authorities. Insite, a Vancouver supervised injection site, was busy yesterday as a pilot project kicked off, opening the help centre 24 hours a day. Yam said he heads to Insite first when he gets his social assistance cheque, then after one shot, goes shopping for groceries.

Source: CBC News August 25, 2016 17:50 UTC