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She was determined to stop the senseless dying in her city. What she did next was illegal — but it saved lives
St. Paul’s Hospital in downtown Vancouver was overwhelmed, sometimes with people who were overdosing over and over again. To date, there have been no deaths at any overdose prevention site in Canada. The overdose prevention site then opened in another location and is still operating. Vancouver’s first Overdose Prevention Site isn’t in a tent anymore: It’s now located inside a long, narrow storefront in a building beside the market. At the Overdose Prevention Site on East Hastings St., reminders of the heavy toll of the overdose crisis are never far away.
Source: thestar October 04, 2018 09:11 UTC
