This Tent Saves Lives
HOW TO OPEN AN OVERDOSE PREVENTION SITE
If you’re reading this document, you’ve probably gotten sick and tired of watching people you care about die of overdose, which is a preventable cause of death. Very little effort has been made by provincial and federal governments to increase access to life-saving overdose prevention services in Canada. So instead, people who use drugs and frontline workers have to take it upon themselves to save lives. This is where overdose prevention sites, in their simplicity, are an immediate example of direct action to end the overdose epidemic.