{"id":12125,"date":"2026-05-08T10:46:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T00:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/?p=12125"},"modified":"2026-05-08T10:49:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T00:49:18","slug":"are-canadian-drug-consumption-sites-a-crime-magnet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/are-canadian-drug-consumption-sites-a-crime-magnet\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Canadian Drug Consumption Sites a Crime Magnet?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\"\"Some Research\u2026<\/em><\/p>

Toronto’s Supervised Consumption Sites and Local Crime<\/strong><\/p>

Abstract<\/strong><\/p>

Importance:\u00a0<\/strong>Beginning in August 2017, 9 overdose prevention sites and supervised consumption sites (OPS\/SCS) began operating in Toronto, Canada. Following years of community pushback stating that these sites increased local crime and disorder, they were closed in March 2025.<\/p>

Objective:\u00a0<\/strong>To examine the association between OPS\/SCS and local crime and disorder.<\/p>

Main outcomes and measures:\u00a0<\/strong>The study used monthly event counts of all assaults, auto thefts, break and enters, robberies, thefts over $5000, bicycle thefts, and thefts from motor vehicles as the 7 outcomes. Incidence within 400 m of the geolocation of each OPS\/SCS before and after implementation were compared and results were pooled for population-level estimates.<\/p>

Results:\u00a0<\/strong>Within 400 m (approximately a quarter mile), OPS\/SCS implementation was associated with increases in break and enters (49.88%; 95% CI, 27.03% to 76.84%), and to a lesser extent, thefts from motor vehicles (20.03%; 95% CI, -0.63% to 44.99%). However, monthly trends for break and enters (-1.19%; 95% CI, -1.71% to -0.68%), robberies (-1.32%; 95% CI, -1.93% to -0.70%), thefts over $5000 (-1.48%; 95% CI, -2.45% to -0.50%), bicycle thefts (-1.82%; 95% CI, -2.93% to -0.68%), and thefts from motor vehicles (-1.30%; 95% CI, -2.18% to -0.42%) declined. Site-specific results revealed some OPS\/SCS were associated with increases in crime while most were not.<\/p>

Conclusions and relevance:\u00a0<\/strong>This ecological cohort study found that the association between Toronto’s OPS\/SCS and crime was generally neutral to beneficial. OPS\/SCS were associated with increases in break and enters, and to a lesser extent thefts from motor vehicles, immediately postimplementation. Incidents of crimes declined with time. (McGill University<\/a>)<\/p>

What the \u2018research\u2019 doesn\u2019t tell you \u2013 The shocking realities and evidence that the research ignores.<\/strong><\/p>

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Canadian Investigative Journalist, Derek Finkle’s Reporting, Lived and Living Experience and with \u2018Safe Drug Consumption\u2019 Sites <\/strong>(a small snapshot)<\/p>

\u201cThis research is academic gaslighting.\u201d Derek Finkle<\/em><\/p>

Neighbourhood Impact<\/strong><\/p>