What happens when a supervised consumption site closes?

About this episode

Bruce Deachman discusses the closure of supervised consumption sites in Ontario and its impact on local communities.

Ottawa Citizen journalist Bruce Deachman joins the show to discuss why Ontario closed some supervised consumption sites and how residents say one neighbourhood has changed since a local facility shut down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Guest: Bruce Deachman

Topics covered

• supervised consumption sites
• drug policy
• community impact
• public health
• Ontario

Keywords

• supervised consumption
• Ontario
• community change
• drug policy
• Ottawa Citizen

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ottawa Citizen

Places: Ontario

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