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Roadblock for Montreal safe-injection site

Montreal Mayor Grald Tremblay says no downtown safe-injection sites unless they are located within existing health clinics and hospitals.

Montreal mayor sends Cactus pilot project back to drawing board

Mayor backs off safe injection site plan

13 years ago
Duration 12:04
Montreal sends pilot project back for review

Montreal Mayor Grald Tremblay has said 'no' to plans for a new, downtown safe-injection site - unless it is located within existing health clinics and hospitals.

Tremblay has dismissed a proposal from community group Cactus - which runs a needle exchange program - to open a supervised injection site in the Ville-Marie borough.

"We don't want to be against supervised injection sites, but we're saying not Cactus," Tremblay said Tuesday night at a borough council meeting.

Downtown merchants and residents have complained about increasing drug problems in the area, and they blame addiction service outlets.

Cactus said it will forge ahead with its plan, despite the mayor's opposition.

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Quebecapproved the creation of new safe injection siteslate last year, following a landmark decision from the Supreme Court of Canada.

An SCOC decision in October ruled thatVancouver's Insite safe injection clinicwas allowed to remain open.