The province has released new details of its plan to convert some of Ontario’s supervised consumption sites to Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment (HART) hubs amid backlash from community advocates and medical professionals who say the closures will lead to more deaths.



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Ontario approves 9 facilities to convert from supervised consumption sites to treatment hubs

The province has released new details of its plan to convert some of Ontario’s supervised consumption sites to Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment (HART) hubs amid backlash from community advocates and medical professionals who say the closures will lead to more deaths.

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The Ontario government said Thursday nine existing supervised drug consumption sites throughout the province have been approved to transition into new "homelessness and addiction recovery hubs."

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9 Ontario supervised drug consumption sites set to close under new law will become treatment hubs

The government announced Thursday that drug injection sites in locations including Toronto, Ottawa and Thunder Bay will all be given funding to switch to rehabilitation facilities.

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Ontario confirms future of 9 supervised injection sites, 1 remains in limbo

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Nine Ontario supervised consumption sites set to close will become treatment hubs

The Ontario Ministry of Health announced on Thursday (January 2) that nine safe drug injection centers will be transformed into treatment centers, and all injection sites within 200 meters of schools and childcare centers will be closed by the end of March this year.

安省衛生廳週四（1月2日）宣布，9個安全毒品注射中心將轉型為治療中心，所有位於學校及託兒中心200米範圍內的注射站將於今年3月底前關閉。

安省9所毒品注射中心 轉型為戒毒治療中心 | 毒品注射中心，戒毒

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9 drug injection centres in Ontario transformed into drug treatment centres | Drug injection centres, drug treatment

Ontario’s government says it has approved applications to transition nine drug injection sites into addiction recovery treatment hubs by spring.
In August 2024 the province announced it will close drug consumption sites that are within 200 metres of a school or child-care centre. At the time, Health Minister Sylvia Jones said the government had heard from parents who were concerned for the safety of their children.
In a news release on Jan. 2, 2…

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Ontario to Convert 9 Drug Consumption Sites Into Treatment Hubs

Nine of the 10 Ontario supervised consumption sites forced to shut down through recent provincial legislation will be converted into treatment hubs over the next several months, the province said Thursday.

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Nine supervised drug consumption sites will soon become new homelessness and addiction treatment centres.

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Nine Ontario drug consumption sites approved as new treatment centres

Path 525 in Thunder Bay will become a Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment Hub

Ontario approves 9 facilities to convert from supervised consumption sites to treatment hubs

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