Retweets ≠ endorsements. But good to see this story stirring some discussion. I wish I would have included in my story that the vending machines are funded by private donations, not the Ministry of Health.

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Some letters to the editor in response my July 19 piece on what outreach workers are seeing on the streets since supervised consumption sites closed. Always nice to see readers engaged in a time when it's hard to keep up with the news cycle

Meanwhile, the Toronto Drop-In Network says they've seen a "staggering" increase in overdoses, a 288% since March. Street Health says April and May were their busiest months in years, while clients say they're losing friends as more people choose to use in public.

NEW - I hit the streets with outreach workers who told me they're finding more needles and people in distress, and witnessing more public overdoses since four supervised consumption sites closed in Toronto. It did not take long for me to witness one myself

RT @TorontoStar: #StarExclusive: Canada has seen a steep rise in hate toward South Asians on social media in recent years, with a large spi….

“Canada is held up by a lot of racists as the example of what happens to a country when it’s supposedly overrun with South Asians . and that gets picked up by people all around the world.”. New @ISDglobal report on rise of anti-South Asian hate in Canada

My latest, ICYMI - I delved into the online world of misogyny, why boys and young men are feeling left behind, and how narratives from influencers about why feminism and women are a detriment to society are resonating with some youth

New from me. I don't recommend reading the responses.

showed no such decline. While there were no significant changes in thefts over $5000 after the opening of sites, both neighbourhoods with/without supervised consumption services experienced initial increases in the break and enter rates, followed by significant downward trends.".

1/2. Analysis of nine years of Toronto Police Services data showed that neighbourhoods with supervised consumption services experienced significant decreases in assault and robbery rates after their implementation, while other downtown neighbourhoods. .

As DJ Khaled would say, another one "A Canadian study suggests that SIS implementation does not lead to increased crime city-wide, and can contribute to decreased property and violent crime in the SIS policing district.".

From Alberta. "The Report suggests that Alberta’s SCSs increased crime, but peer-reviewed studies have demonstrated different results in other jurisdictions, as was concluded recently in a systematic review: “There is no evidence that SCSs increase crime”.

From the Lancet, on homicide rates "SCS implementation was not associated with increased homicide rates; instead, we observed a reduction in monthly incidence near SCS."".