A grassroots group of drug users, healthcare workers and activists say they will open an unsanctioned overdose prevention site in Toronto's Parkdale neighbourhood, just weeks after the province announced it would "pause" funding for future sites across the province. Overdose prevention sites are approved by the province and are temporary facilities set up to address an immediate need in a community, the group says. The Moss Park pop-up overdose prevention site is pictured here in August 2017. That happens every day at overdose prevention sites across the province," said Sarah Ovens, of the Toronto OPS. Instead, the mayor would prefer overdose prevention sites operate in approved locations.

Source: CBC News August 20, 2018 16:18 UTC