Supervised consumption site suggested for Vernon
VERNON — Vernon could join Kelowna and Kamloops as having supervised safe injection sites.
There hasn’t been any formal plans for it, but Annette Sharkey from the North Okanagan Social Planning Council says it could reduce the illegal activity the public currently sees as part of the opioid crisis.
“If we as a community are outraged at seeing people using drugs outside, in public, and in public washrooms, there is an alternative to that in programs where people are supervised.”
Kelowna and Kamloops have started using safe consumption mobile units for addicts to consume safely.