Vancouver Insite drug-injection facility can stay open
The taxpayer-funded facility is located in a deprived district of Vancouver
North America's only legal drug-injection site can stay open, Canada's Supreme Court rules, in a defeat for the country's conservative government.
The supervised injection site opened in Vancouver in 2003 with a federal exemption permitting illegal drug use. Its supporters say it has helped prevent overdoses, reduced infections, and curbed crime and open drug use.
But the federal government said in 2008 that the facility should close, arguing it promoted addiction.
The top court issued its unanimous decision on Friday.
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