Council gives safe injection site concept thumbs up
KAMLOOPS — City Council has voted unanimously in favour of the concept of a supervised drug injection site in the city.
Council was responding to a presentation from Dr. Silvina Mema, a Medical Health Officer with Interior Health. Mema told council IH is considering as many as two sites in the city.
Overdose deaths have skyrocketed in the province, in part because of Fentanyl. In Kamloops, The Interior Health Authority predicts this year’s total could end up being six times more than last year.
But there is still a long process to go through, before the pilot project gets the green light.