Nine supervised consumption sites in Ontario switch to addiction recovery hubs [Video]

Nine supervised consumption sites in Ontario located near schools and daycare centres have been closed and transitioned into addiction hubs as planned, despite a court order saying they could remain open.

On Tuesday morning, the deadline for supervised drug injection sites within 200 metres of schools or child care centres to accept government funding to move to a new, abstinence-based model passed.

The nine publicly-funded sites that met the criteria accepted and transitioned, while on site without government funding will continue to operate in Toronto.

The transition marks the end of a months-long process triggered last summer when Minister of Health Sylvia Jones announced an effective ban on supervised consumption sites located within 200 metres of schools and daycare centres.

Toward the end of 2024, her government passed a law which ordered 10 sites across Ontario located within that radius to close on or before March 31. Nine of them were offered funding to …