The Drug Users' Memorial has the names of 130 people from east Toronto who have died from overdoses and related complications. She was the last deputant to speak in March when the board of health voted to conduct community consultations around the proposed supervised-injection sites. Mourners gather to remember friends and family members who have died of overdoses and related health problems at a Drug Users' Memorial on Queen St. E. in Toronto. “Brooklyn’s death is speaking louder than anything she could have said at the meeting,” Massaro said. McNeil, an Ontario scholar, singer, artist and harm-reduction advocate, died of an overdose in an east-Toronto alley last month.

Source: thestar July 03, 2016 10:03 UTC