Working at Ensemble, the only overdose prevention site in New Brunswick, has changed Keisha Daley’s life for the better.
The former substance user is a peer support worker at the downtown Moncton harm reduction centre and she’s making the most of her chance to start over.
“I used to be a really bad user, now I don’t use at all,” said Daley. “I’m clean off drugs. I work five days a week. I’m interacting now with my children.”
Daley spoke about the benefits of places like Ensemble one day after Premier Blaine Higgs promised he wouldn’t approve any new supervised injection sites in New Brunswick if re-elected this fall.
Higgs made the promise during a luncheon in Saint John, N.B., on Saturday.
“We will not be adding to the safe supply in a supervised injection sites. I believe that is wrong, there is no …