Online tirade over needles in Edmonton yard prompts debate on supervised injection sites

An online debate over supervised injection sites sparked overnight after an Edmonton reporter shared his story of finding a used needle in his backyard Tuesday.
National Post reporter Tristin Hopper posted the eight-tweet thread just after noon Tuesday. The thread garnered hundreds of responses from both supporters and those critical of his stance.
“We decided to have a family in large part because we thought Edmonton was a place with the courage not to let this happen,” Hopper wrote