Conservatives would close supervised drug consumption sites near schools, playgrounds: Poilievre

'DRUG DENS': Poilievre would scale back, defund supervised drug consumption sites

Pierre Poilievre said he would close all locations near schools, playgrounds and 'anywhere else that they endanger the public.'

Poilievre Calls Safe Injection Sites ‘Drug Dens,’ Says They Need to Be Closed

“Everywhere they’ve been done, they’ve made everything worse,” he said during a July 12 news conference in Montreal. “I’m against drug dens next to children’s playgrounds, schools, other places where people who are vulnerable in the community live.”

Poilievre vows to close safe injection sites near schools and playgrounds

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is vowing to shut down safe injection sites in certain areas if elected. At a Montreal press conference Friday, Poilievre said he would represent the voices of concerned residents and families and focus on treatment rather than what he called “drug dens.”  “What we’re seeing here is a radical whacko liberalization experiment of drug legalization that has driven up overdose deaths and crime and now threatens o…

Conservatives would scale back, slash funds to supervised consumption sites, Poilievre says

Former health minister rejects Conservative leader's claims, says sites have saved lives amid drug crisis

Conservatives would scale back supervised drug consumption sites, Poilievre says

Poilievre said Friday morning he would close all locations near schools, playgrounds and "anywhere else that they endanger the public."

Conservatives would scale back supervised drug consumption sites, Poilievre says

OTTAWA — Supervised consumption sites are just "drug dens" that a future Conservative government would not fund and seek to close, Pierre Poilievre said Friday.