BBC News - Vancouver Insite drug-injection facility can stay open

The taxpayer-funded facility is located in a deprived district of Vancouver

North America's only legal drug-injection site can stay open, Canada's Supreme Court rules, in a defeat for the country's conservative government.

The supervised injection site opened in Vancouver in 2003 with a federal exemption permitting illegal drug use.

Its supporters say it has helped prevent overdoses, reduced infections, and curbed crime and open drug use. [...]

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