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The mother of all "drug dens:" Vancouver OPS, the life-saving overdose prevention site Pierre Poilievre vows to shut down
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The mother of all "drug dens:" Vancouver OPS, the life-saving overdose prevention site Pierre Poilievre vows to shut down

Since Sarah Blyth started Vancouver OPS in 2016, overdose prevention sites have been set up in nine provinces. All are at risk if Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives are elected

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Sarah Blyth, executive director of Vancouver OPS. The site hosts 600 visits a day by drug users, reverses about two potentially fatal overdoses a day and refers one person to recovery daily, on average. Pierre Poilievre has vowed to shut down OPS sites across Canada. (Rafal Gerszak photo)

The day after Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre vowed to …

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