Quebec Activists Want Safe Injection Site Too

Activists across the country are advocating for safe injection sites after the Supreme Court ruled in favour of allowing it under provincial jurisdiction.

A group of Quebec activists want the government to open a supervised drug injection site in multiple locations throughout the province. 

They hope by doing so they will stop the spread of disease caused by used needles.

Montreal currently has a needle exchange program where people can go to inject their drugs under the supervision of medical professionals.

But renovations and distance from downtown has warranted criticism of the Saint-Roch facility.

Quebec Health Minister Yves Belduc said in May that the province would look into more sites if the Supreme Court made this ruling.