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Ontario politicians, Ottawa mayor and police chief reject safe injection sites, science
Mere minutes after a panel of experts recommended safe drug injection sites for Ottawa and Toronto, Ontario’s health minister rejected the idea, claiming “experts continue to be divided by the value of the sites.” The minister, Deb Matthews, didn’t specify which experts she was referring to. The overwhelming majority of those who have published evidence in peer-reviewed journals say the sites save lives, don’t increase crime and are cost effective. The Supreme Court of Canada unanimously prevented the federal government from shutting down a safe injection site in Vancouver last year.
Harper swings and misses on Insite
The PM came close to shutting down Insite, only to be reminded there are still some limits to his reach
Are we ready to subsidize heroin?
After the supreme court ruling, Montreal and Victoria are planning safe injection sites. Others aren’t far behind.
Bold and cautious? Dissecting the Supreme Court’s Insite ruling
Those who favour the reform of Canada’s drug laws should be pleased
The Insite ruling
Our round-up of coverage of the Supreme Court’s decision in favour of the safe injection site
Is the federal government right to be trying to shut down Vancouver’s safe injection site?
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Insite insight
Our John Geddes looks inside the battle over British Columbia’s safe injection site and finds a remarkable series of events.
Insite, foresight, hindsight
The B.C. Court of Appeal’s ruling on Vancouver’s Insite shooting gallery for heroin addicts makes for interesting reading. We are all so busy arguing over the merits of harm reduction, and the wisdom of the Harper government’s attempt to shut down the clinic, that it is easy to forget the big constitutional issue that was the chief concern of the court here. You would think that Canadian jurisprudence had developed a clear objective rule for settling even the trickiest “double aspect” issues, wherein both federal and provincial governments can claim that some crumb falls within their respective spheres of constitutional power.