Users of Toronto's Moss Park Consumption and Treatment Service relief as it remains temporarily open despite looming closure threats. The site serves mainly homeless individuals and will operate month-to-month following a new provincial law ending several nearby sites. The building's owner, Dash Developments, plans to redevelop it but currently lacks a timeline. Amid a broader shift away from harm reduction strategies to abstinence-focused models, concerns grow about increased overdose risks following site closures, as the province’s opioid crisis worsens with over 2,600 lives lost in 2023.
"I'm ecstatic right now," said James Desmond, who goes by the name Scotian and regularly visits the Moss Park site. "But it won't last."
The provincial government is undergoing a fundamental shift in its approach to the opioid crisis, which claimed more than 2,600 lives across the province in 2023.
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