• MakingWork@lemmy.ca
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    4 hours ago

    As part of its plan to ban supervised consumption sites and close 10 of those operating in Ontario, the province has announced the creation of 19 intensive addiction recovery facilities, named HART Hubs.

    A $378-million budget has been allocated to create the new spaces, which will combine addiction recovery with highly supportive housing units. The program should lead to 375 “highly supportive” housing units as part of the hub model.

    That doesn’t sound bad, actually.

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      33 minutes ago

      Some one in BC interviewed about safe injection sites said it is not a help, it justlengtyens the slow path to suicide. Oof.

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      That is promising, though it would be a good next step to the consumption sites rather than a replacement for them.

      The consumption sites would be good first points of contact so users could be provided the treatment centre information.

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      3 hours ago

      I believe in previous threads on the subject, it was identified that forced rehab doesn’t work. I’m too lazy to go find the threads FYI

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        It may not for some, but some former addicts say without that they would never have broken free of the downward spiral. The drugs make you only find joy in drugs, it doesn’t seem to have a solution