/channels/news_feeds/all/term/Addiction%3B%20harm%20reduction%3B%20health%20services%3B%20policy%3B%20Dimitra%20Panagiotoglou/rss en /channels/channels/news/do-supervised-consumption-sites-bring-increased-crime-study-suggests-thats-myth-370062 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Overdose prevention sites and supervised consumption sites in Toronto are not associated with long-term increases in local crime, 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ researchers have found.</p> <p>Over 10 years, crime reports remained stable or declined in neighbourhoods where sites opened, the researchers said. <a href="https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2841824">Their findings</a> land amid debates across Canada about how harm reduction services intersect with public health and safety.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/safe_site.jpg?itok=JUkNDUx4" width="160" height="107" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">6 </span><span class="month">January </span><span class="year">2026</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 06 Jan 2026 16:59:41 +0000 webfull 214630 at /channels