Opinion: Safe injection sites a small step but big milestone in saving lives

Access to Medically Supervised Injection Services Edmonton, known as AMSISE, is a coalition of 25 individuals and groups, including people with lived experience, community agencies, medical, academic, and public sector representatives.
AMSISE started as a conversation with Edmonton’s harm-reduction needle distribution service, Streetworks, in January of 2012 and continues to be a community-driven initiative.
The focus is on people with severe and chronic addictions, usually homeless, whose