Calgary's supervised consumption site (SCS) was the first of its kind to open in Alberta in 2017. It has been lauded by advocates as providing a life-saving service, but also targeted with criticism from people who blame it for public drug use and calls to police in its vicinity.

As the UCP government shifted its addiction services from a focus on harm reduction to more recovery-oriented care, the province first announced it planned to close Calgary’s SCS at the Sheldon M. Chumir Health Centre nearly five years ago. In December, Alberta's Mental Health and Addiction ministry renewed its promise to shutter the site.

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[–] Pxtl@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 hours ago

We basically immediately had to shut down our downtown public library the moment the safe sites closed here in Hamilton.

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 4 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

Well naturally. That is the whole point. Conservatives don't want to help people, they want them dead as cheaply and expeditiously as possible. Opioids are the perfect tool. It makes our underclasses a self-solving problem.

[–] maplesaga@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

I've heard a right leaning person liken them to wild dogs, that will unpredictably attack a child. Void of any humanity they had left due to drugs.

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure that is verbatim out of the conservative party platform.

[–] maplesaga@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Some people don't even let there kids play in parks by themselves when homeless people are around. I've seen it myself.