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As Niagara Region’s only safe drug consumption site faces closure, advocates fear more people will die

March 18, 2026

Advocates fear the looming closure of the Niagara Region's sole safe drug consumption site, in St. Catharines, Ont., will result in a spike in overdose deaths and cases of blood-borne infections such as hepatitis C and HIV.



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