Advocates for people struggling with addictions and homelessness celebrated the Manitoba NDP government’s plan to open a supervised consumption site in Winnipeg by next year, saying it will save lives and help put people on the path to recovery.
Solange Machado, the Brandon co-ordinator with the Manitoba Harm Reduction Network, estimates the city has seen around one overdose death a week recently. In the past, she would hear of around one overdose death a month, if that, she says.
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