Nanaimo’s overdose prevention site marks one month anniversary
NANAIMO — It’s been one month since Island Health opened the doors of their first overdose prevention site in Nanaimo.
Dr. Paul Hasselback, the medical health officer for Central Vancouver Island, said the site at 437 Wesley St. has been used roughly 370 times in the first month.
“At this time we’re only seeing a relatively small portion of (users) and I think ultimately we’d like to be trying to engage within all those in the user community to provide whatever supports are necessary.”
According to Island Health, there are 460 regular and 345 occasional injection users in Nanaimo with nearly 900 regular non-injection users.