Pubdate: Sat, 13 Jan 2018
Source: Ottawa Citizen (CN ON)
Copyright: 2018 Postmedia Network Inc.
Contact:  http://www.ottawacitizen.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/326
Author: F. Dale Boire
Page: A12

INJECTION SITE PUTS POLICE IN TOUGH SPOT

Re: Here's why it's time to legalize all drugs, Jan. 10

It seems that both Ottawa Inner City Health and the Ottawa police are
between a rock and a hard place when it comes to performing their
responsibilities.

As some recent media coverage regarding safe injection sites appears
to have placed more emphasis on the general welfare of the addict
rather than the challenges faced by law enforcement, it could be
helpful for the general population to know more about what exactly is
being done by health officials to get people off their drug addictions.

There may be more support for safe access to injection sites if they
were clearly identified as places with mandated programs to provide
assistance in recovery as opposed to simply continuing with the status
quo.

F. Dale Boire, Ottawa
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