Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Marcus Gee, Photography by Galit Rodan
Publication Date: March 31, 2025 - 07:00
The last days of Kitchener’s safe drug-use site
March 31, 2025
The day she was due to open the doors to Kitchener’s supervised drug consumption site, Violet Umanetz went into the supply cupboard and had a little cry.Like so many places, her Southwestern Ontario city was being swept by a wave of drug overdoses caused by the potent synthetic opioid fentanyl. The aim of the site was to give people a place to use their drugs in safety, with clean needles available to prevent infections and watchful attendants to come to their aid in case the drugs overwhelmed them.
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