A recent fact-finding trip to Europe by members of the Somerset West Community Health Centre has inspired new discussions among community organizers about safe injection sites in Ottawa.

Two board members and an employee from the centre visited four cities in Germany and the Netherlands last fall to research supervised safe injection sites, says the centre's executive director, Jack McCarthy.

The centre paid for the trip using leftover reserve money from donors. None of the funds came from major funders such as the city or from the Champlain Local Health Integration Network.

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