ASK Wellness supports Interior Health’s idea of fixed supervised consumption site
KAMLOOPS — The executive director of ASK Wellness says a permanent location would be more ideal, saying the mobile supervised consumption sites on each side of the river are taking a toll on the social agency.
“I’m fully in support of a fixed location. There’s no question ASK and Interior Health have a longstanding, succesful relationship, but this isn’t a sustainable operation to have a mobile supervised consumption service,” says Bob Hughes from ASK who adds the mobile site will be harder to operate at the back of its property when the Spirit Square affordable housing project is complete next year.
Interior Health brought up the idea of a fixed location at City Hall on Tuesday, saying mobile site is going so well in kamloops that it wants to expand services, and even set up a permanent site eventually.