Montreal’s three supervised injection sites were officially inaugurated Monday, but not everyone in one of the areas was thrilled about the new neighbour. Marangere and another local resident, Chantal Beauregard, told the politicians and reporters that life has been hell since Cactus Montreal opened a safe injection site on a downtown Montreal street lined by condominiums just one week ago. “It’s been one week and we’re already fed up.”The Montreal safe injection sites approved by Health Canada in May include a mobile unit believed to be the only one of its kind in North America. The federal government has given its blessing to additional Vancouver sites as well as locations in Toronto and Surrey, B.C. While Quebec has been spared the fentanyl crisis hitting other North American cities, Charlebois says injection sites are part of the solution.

Source: National Post June 26, 2017 18:49 UTC