Online town hall sessions to answer public questions on safe injection site
Do you have questions about the proposed locations of a supervised injection site — now called a consumption and treatment services facility — in downtown Windsor?
Representatives of the Windsor-essex Community Opioid and Substance Strategy will try to answer those questions in a series of online town hall sessions next week.
Last month, public health partners disclosed the two addresses that are currently being considered for the facility: 101 Wyandotte St. West and 628 Goyeau St.
One of the locations will be chosen for development of a site where people addicted to intravenous drugs will be provided a place to inject their substances under supervision.
So-called “safe injection sites,” as they have been more commonly called, are part of harm reduction strategies in other cities dealing with drug addiction problems.
Their purpose is to reduce fatal overdoses and other dangers through oversight, offering sterile equipment, and proper disposal of paraphernalia.
Next week's town hall sessions will be attended by panellists such as Dr. Wajid Ahmed (the region's medical officer of health), Ward 3 Coun. Rino Bortolin, Windsor police representatives, a local physician specializing in addiction treatment, and operators of a consumption and treatment services site in Guelph.
The four online discussion sessions will take place:
Tuesday (6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.) Wednesday (9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.) Thursday, Aug. 5 (6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.)
Friday, Aug. 6 (noon to 1:30 p.m.)
Members of the public who wish to attend a session are required to register in advance via .