By Mike Ma
It is rather appalling that Surrey only has ONE safe consumption site. There are 6 or 7 overdose deaths each day in British Columbia, Canada, but only one safe consumption site in all of Surrey!
It is a mindboggling lack of service since the population of Surrey is almost the same size as Vancouver. And Vancouver has many many more services and safe consumption sites than Surrey. Surrey is in fact ready to surpass Vancouver in population by 2030: https://www.straight.com/news/future-lives-here-surrey-population-growth-rate-outstrips-vancouver-by-almost-double
Peer-led organizations like the Surrey Union of Drug Users (SUDU) have been advocating for opening more safe consumption sites, but the Fraser Health Authority have been dragging their heels.
We should all support the work of SUDU and get behind their initiatives. Visit their website here:
Support the work of SUDU!
