Vancouver, Canada is the only city in North America that provides a legal facility for drug addicts to push heroin and cocaine and other types of substances into their veins. It's called InSite, and it's both government-sanctioned and government-funded.
The supervised injection site opened as a 3-year experiment back in 2003 to curb the neighborhood's high levels of disease spread through shared needles and death from overdose.
Participants at InSite have their own booth, which is clean and sanitary. They are offered new needles, alcohol swabs, a sink to wash their hands and medical care. Staff can dress their wounds and address chronic health issues. They can also link them up with income assistance and housing.
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