Anthony Furey: The Drug Injection Site Culture Keeps Getting Worse

A poster on the door of Toronto's South Riverdale Community Health Centre, which contains a safe injection site, is seen advertising chocolate in exchange for used needles on Aug . 13, 2023. Courtesy of Ginny Roth

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The other day Toronto residents learned about the latest misguided overstep happening at a drug injection site. A facility in the East End Toronto neighbourhood of Leslieville posted a sign on their front door offering candy to people who bring them a full pack of discarded needles.