{"id":25013,"date":"2025-06-19T12:25:54","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T16:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/?post_type=publication22&#038;p=25013"},"modified":"2025-06-19T13:45:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T17:45:13","slug":"it-is-not-a-crime-to-save-a-life","status":"publish","type":"publication22","link":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/it-is-not-a-crime-to-save-a-life\/","title":{"rendered":"It is not a crime to save a life"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-25018\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Untitled-design-9-300x222.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Untitled-design-9-300x222.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Untitled-design-9-1024x759.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Untitled-design-9.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Find out about the legal implications of operating an Overdose Prevention Site in Ontario and protections for\u00a0operators and patrons.<\/p>\n<p>Supervised Consumption Sites (SCS) and Overdose Prevention Sites (OPS) are proven to save lives. In Ontario, 6-7 people die each day from toxic, unregulated drugs. Yet, as of 2025, Ontario has closed various kinds of consumption services through a mix of defunding and new legislative restrictions. In response, communities and volunteers are mobilizing to provide these supports themselves.<\/p>\n<p class=\"download-link-button\"><a class=\"download-link en\" title=\"It-Is-Not-A-Crime-To-Save-A-Life_FINAL-EN.pdf\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/download\/25015\/?tmstv=1778304602\" rel=\"nofollow\">\r\n\tDownload<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"publication_topics":[147],"publication_type":[170],"publication_language":[184],"class_list":["post-25013","publication22","type-publication22","status-publish","hentry","publication_topics-drug-policy","publication_type-advocacy","publication_language-english"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication22\/25013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication22"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/publication22"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication22\/25013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25022,"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication22\/25013\/revisions\/25022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"publication_topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication_topics?post=25013"},{"taxonomy":"publication_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication_type?post=25013"},{"taxonomy":"publication_language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication_language?post=25013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}