Protecting Safe Consumption in Ontario

“Our loved ones will die. Our communities will suffer. The Government of Ontario knows this, and is proceeding with reckless abandon. Our organizations — and many others across the province, country, and globally — will continue to advocate for SCS to remain open.”
— Sandra Ka Hon Chu, Co-Executive Director, HIV Legal Network

On December 4, 2024, the Government of Ontario forced through radical legislation (the Community Care and Recovery Act, also known as Bill 223) that will eliminate life-saving supervised consumption services (SCS) and prevent other evidence-based responses to an unregulated drug crisis that is killing 10 people in Ontario every single day.

Please visit this page regularly for the latest updates in the fight to protect safe consumption, safe supply, and the dignity, rights, and lives of people who use drugs in Ontario.

For information about the Ontario legislation, please see: Rapid Q&A on the Community Care and Recovery Act, 2024

Also see our April 2024 report Scaling up Supervised Consumption Services: What has changed in Canada?

Media Releases and Statements

December 10, 2024
Media Release: The Neighbourhood Group Community Services Files Charter Challenge Against Community Care and Recovery Act

November 27, 2024
Media Statement: The Government of Ontario is Attempting to Force Through a Deadly Drug Policy Bill

November 20, 2024
Media Statement – Government of Ontario’s Bill to Close Supervised Consumption Sites will Lead to More Deaths and Untenable Strain on Hospitals and First Responders

August 20, 2024
Media Statement – Government of Ontario Plan Will Lead to More Preventable Drug Poisoning Deaths