Supervised consumption sites and services are an integral part of the Government of Canada’s response to the opioid overdose crisis. Since 2017, supervised consumption sites located across Canada have received almost 2.2 million visits, reversed nearly 17,400 overdoses without a single death at a site, and made approximately 84,400 referrals to health and social services.
However, the opioid overdose crisis continues to be one of the most serious public health crises in Canada’s recent history and the COVID-19 outbreak is worsening this crisis in many communities. On August 15, 2020, Health Canada launched a 60-day consultation process on supervised consumption sites and services to evaluate what is working and what can be improved.
The consultation will allow the Government of Canada to seek comments from Canadians, supervised consumption site operators, front-line health care workers, people who use the sites, people with lived and living experience, and other stakeholders. Anyone interested in participating can provide feedback until October 14, 2020.
Learn more about consultation process.
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