Yukon’s top doctor is pushing for the next territorial government to establish safe consumption sites for drug users as a way to slow the growing death toll from overdoses.
“The pace of opioid deaths is continuing at a terrifying rate,” Chief Medical Officer Dr. Brendan Hanley said at a news conference on Thursday morning.
“By bringing people to a safe place to use drugs, they’re no longer using drugs alone or away from care. And repeatedly with these deaths we see a majority using
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