A little-known group called the Toronto Harm Reduction Alliance has erected a tent in Moss Park to function as a “pop up injection site.” The members of the group and others are responding to accidental deaths apparently caused by fentanyl in recent days. It isn’t clear whether any amount of fentynal is safe, but the drug has become a lethal element of the street scene. Toronto police have permitted the pop up tent in the interests of educating illegal drug users, at least so far. It is staffed by a registered nurse and overdose prevention trainers. There is a large stock of the anti-overdose medication naxalone. This drug is apparently injected. Among other tasks, the injection site workers will search the park for used needles. The net effect of such activity, good or bad, remains to be seen.
