{"id":25633,"date":"2026-03-24T09:20:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T13:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/?post_type=publication22&#038;p=25633"},"modified":"2026-03-25T08:27:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T12:27:57","slug":"what-the-evidence-says-about-defunding-ontarios-remaining-supervised-consumption-sites","status":"publish","type":"publication22","link":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/what-the-evidence-says-about-defunding-ontarios-remaining-supervised-consumption-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"What the Evidence Says about Defunding Ontario\u2019s Remaining Supervised Consumption Sites"},"content":{"rendered":"Supervised consumption sites are not a standalone solution to the overdose crisis or the challenges associated with substance use \u2014 but they are a critical and irreplaceable component of a comprehensive, evidence based system of care. The evidence is unambiguous: SCS reduce fatal overdoses, prevent disease transmission, connect clients to treatment, and serve as anchors for integrated service delivery in communities experiencing high rates of drug-related harm.<\/p>\n<p>Due to the comprehensive evidence on supervised consumption sites, the Ontario Government should reverse its decision to defund the CTS sites, and invest in a truly comprehensive response to the overdose crisis &#8211; one that includes, rather than attempts to dismantle, evidence-based harm reduction services.<\/p>\n<p>This evidence brief was prepared by Tara Gomes, PhD (University of Toronto) and Gillian Kolla, PhD (Memorial University).<\/p>\n<p class=\"download-link-button\"><a class=\"download-link en\" title=\"2026-Evidence-brief-closure-of-CTS-in-Ontario-2026-03-20.pdf\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/download\/25635\/?tmstv=1776234442\" 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":[170,173,179],"publication_language":[184],"class_list":["post-25633","publication22","type-publication22","status-publish","hentry","publication_topics-drug-policy","publication_type-advocacy","publication_type-briefing-papers","publication_type-reports","publication_language-english"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication22\/25633","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":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication22\/25633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25639,"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication22\/25633\/revisions\/25639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"publication_topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication_topics?post=25633"},{"taxonomy":"publication_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication_type?post=25633"},{"taxonomy":"publication_language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication_language?post=25633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}