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Alcohol at corner stores is coming, is Ontario prepared for the health cost of convenience?
For the health experts watching, the expectation couldn’t be more simple: More alcohol means more harm. The question is, are we prepared?Canadian Public Health Association: Closure of consumption sites will cost lives
The province is closing the sites that are within 200 metres of schools and child-care centres. Culbert contends safety can be increased with bigger budgets and full-time security guards. He says the closure of these sites will do more harm than good to users looking for help.Dead people don’t need recovery beds: Ontario’s closure of ten supervised consumption facilities will result in more toxic drug deaths
The Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) is raising serious concerns over the Ontario government’s recent announcement to ban supervised consumption sites within 200 metres of schools and daycares and the proposed legislation prohibiting any new supervised consumption facilities and the partic…Policy & Position Statements
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