(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – Support for the city of Vancouver’s safe injection site, Insite, is high across Canada, according to a poll by Angus Reid Public Opinion. 43 per cent of respondents back the operations at Insite, while 24 per cent oppose them.
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – Support for the city of Vancouver’s safe injection site, Insite, is high across Canada, according to a poll by Angus Reid Public Opinion. 43 per cent of respondents back the operations at Insite, while 24 per cent oppose them.
Insite is a supervised drug-injection site, the first of its kind in North America. The facility, launched by the province of British Columbia’s health authority, has been operating since 2003 in Vancouver. Insite offers clean needles, health services and counselling for addicts.
The federal government led by Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper opposes the operations at Insite, and is currently asking the Supreme Court to overturn a ruling by B.C.’s Appeal Court that keeps the facility operational.
In February, Canadian justice minister Rob Nicholson announced the decision to request a ruling by the Supreme Court on the Insite facility’s operations, adding that the federal government thinks safe injection sites are the wrong approach to drug policy, saying, "Our national anti-drug strategy focuses on prevention and access to treatment for those with drug dependencies."
Polling Data
As you may know, a facility known as Insite has operated in Vancouver since 2003. Insite is the first legal supervised injection site in North America. From what you have seen, read or heard about Insite, do you support or oppose its operations?
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Support
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43%
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Oppose
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24%
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Not sure
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33%
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Source: Angus Reid Public Opinion
Methodology: Online interviews with 1,000 Canadian adults, conducted on Jul. 23 to Jul. 24, 2010. Margin of error is 3.1 per cent.
