Vancouver: Shut Down the Supervised Injection Site?

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Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) in partnership with the PHS Community Services Society opened North America's first legal supervised injection site (Insite) scientific research pilot project in September 2003. To operate legally, Health Canada granted VCH a three-year operating exemption under Section 56 of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, and has provided $500,000 per year to support the scientific research pilot project. The BC Ministry of Health provided $1.2 million to renovate the former retail space, and provides operating funding through Vancouver Coastal Health.

Ottawa allows the clinic to operate under a special exemption of the Narcotics Control Act, but so far has refused to make the exemption permanent. The latest permit extension expires at the end of June and supporters of Insite hope the court case will test the federal government's power to close the facility.

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