By NanaimoNewsNOW Staff

Last chance to speak with Nanaimo Council about supervised consumption site

May 26, 2017 | 5:09 PM

NANAIMO — The public has another chance to share their thoughts about Nanaimo having a supervised consumption site.

At City Council Monday night, a public hearing about re-zoning the current overdose prevention site on Wesley St. to make it a supervised consumption site is on the agenda.

Overdose prevention sites are run by Island Health and technically illegal according to Health Canada. By becoming a supervised consumption site, it will comply with federal regulations and also offer more services to help those at-risk.

Monday night will be the last chance to speak about the issue to council, who are expected to approve the rezoning.

This is just one step in a much longer journey. Island Health said it could take more than a year for a decision to be made by Health Canada.

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On Friday, the federal government approved three new supervised consumption sites in B.C., two in Surrey and another in Vancouver, bringing the total in the province to five.

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