Activists Plan ‘Safe Site’ for Drug Smokers

~ Jason Schwartz

Another article on calls for a “safe inhalation site” in Vancouver:

Addicts who smoke hard drugs will have an indoor place to get their fix if a Vancouver drug users group is able to open North America’s first safe inhalation site later this year….

Such an unsanctioned facility would provide a supervised location for addicts to smoke crack cocaine and heroin, in much the same way that Insite — Vancouver’s legally sanctioned three-year-old safe injection site — provides services to addicts who inject the same drugs.

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Published by Jason Schwartz

I have been an addiction professional and social worker since 1994. I started blogging in 2005 as the Clinical Director at Dawn Farm. I currently serve as the Director of Social Work and Spiritual Care for a healthcare system. I've also served as the Director of Behavioral Health at another hospital. I'm also a lecturer at Eastern Michigan University’s School of Social Work. Views expressed here are my own. Keep in mind that the field, the contexts in which the field operates, and my views have changed over time.