The facility, which will include 97 affordable housing units and 51 detox beds is slated for construction on the north side of East 1st Avenue just east of Clark Drive.
These clinics have radically changed how addicts are treated and reduced opioid overdoses in other countries. But the U.S. cities trying to open one are facing intense pushback.
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One of the leading voices of the 2010 campaign against cigarette smoking at Vancouver parks and beaches does not expect many people will be caught breaking the province’s ban on illegal drug use in certain public places.