Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Jeff Gray, Laura Stone
Publication Date: March 28, 2025 - 17:41
Ontario judge temporarily blocks shutdown of 10 drug-consumption sites
March 28, 2025
An Ontario Superior Court judge has temporarily blocked provincial legislation that would have forced the closing of 10 of the province’s 23 supervised drug consumption sites next week, siding with a Toronto community group and two drug users who challenged the law on constitutional grounds.In a decision released Friday afternoon, Justice John Callaghan temporarily exempted the drug sites, five of which are in Toronto, from legislation passed by the Ontario government that bans such facilities within 200 metres of daycares or schools.
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