Indeed. The film was quite effective - it charted the development, progress, and eventual closure of a community-run drop-in center that preceded the opening of Vancouver's first official "safe injection site." I found some of it harrowing to watch, possibly due to my own past experiences - unflinching in its portayal (the scene in which a woman, lying on a cardboard box in a piss-stained alley has vinegarized crack injected, shakily, messily & unsteadily, into her jugular, for example.)
The film ends just before the opening of INSITE. The speaker/site organizer who attended noted that, since this site opened (in 2003?) there have been 250 overdoses on-site - & none of them resulted in deaths. Meaning it is amply clear that such programs _do_ save lives, & are effective in terms of harm reduction.
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The film ends just before the opening of INSITE. The speaker/site organizer who attended noted that, since this site opened (in 2003?) there have been 250 overdoses on-site - & none of them resulted in deaths. Meaning it is amply clear that such programs _do_ save lives, & are effective in terms of harm reduction.
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