Report says Alberta's supervised consumption sites have 100 per cent success rate reversing overdoses

Alberta’s six supervised consumption sites (SCS) have been used more than 300,000 times since opening in 2016 and no-one has died while doing so, according to a new report from the Alberta Community Council on HIV. The report says staff has reversed 4,305 overdoses at the six sites, which marks a 100 per cent success rate. And of those who have used an SCS in Alberta, nearly 10,000 people have been referred to addiction and treatment services. That’s compared to 2,183 people who have