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Ford defends closures of safe-consumption sites in Ontario

Critics argue that safe consumption sites save lives by preventing overdose deaths, reducing calls to paramedics and ambulances, and prevent more people from crowding already packed hospitals, avoiding an additional burden to the health care system that is already overwhelmed in the province.

Published Aug 26, 2024 at 8:26pm

Barbara Patrocinio
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Barbara Patrocinio
Ford defends closures of safe-consumption sites in Ontario

Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks to reporters upon arriving late for a meeting between Canada's premiers and Indigenous leaders at the Council of the Federation meetings in Halifax on Monday, July 15, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese

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