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Why London's supervised drug-use site can't serve clients who smoke illegal drugs | CBC (archive.ph)

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As London police move to crack down on illegal drug use in public spaces, the operator of the city's supervised drug consumption facility is frustrated Ontario rules don't allow them to supervise the smoking of illegal and often deadly drugs, including fentanyl.

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[–] Sturgist 3 points 2 months ago

While on the one hand this is ridiculous.... If someone has smoked something dirty, or too high a dose, being in an enclosed space with the exhaled drugs could easily be harmful to staff. There's easy and obvious ways to mitigate the risks. The easiest would be a booth with a negative pressure filtration system....so a high power extractor fan with HEPA filters. The real question is if that would be sufficient to clean the exhaust. You're not going to be getting neighbours or pedestrians high if a client is shooting up, but if exhaust from a smoking booth isn't cleaned properly you could end up with massive liability, worker's comp cases, and just a general nightmare of a situation.
Still think they're leaving people in need hung out to die...