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'People don't judge you': Inside the final days of a safe consumption site in Toronto

The Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre's 2 supervised consumption sites closed last week

The Canadian PressLiam Casey

Mike Erickson wheels his power chair around a Toronto supervised consumption site, waiting for his friend to show up.

He has tested his fentanyl there and the results showed it did not have any of the "garbage" — animal tranquillizer or benzodiazepines — that is increasingly mixed with the deadly opioid sold in the city.

He skipped testing his drugs one day about a month ago and some of that garbage nearly killed him.

He remembers injecting what he thought was pure fentanyl into a vein and immedia…

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'People don't judge you': Inside the final days of a safe consumption site in Toronto

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The Canadian PressLiam Casey, Posted: Apr 11, 2025 2:10 PM EDT | Last Updated: 19 minutes ago
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