Erika Naomi Gertz: From the rise of fentanyl to disastrous ‘safe supply’ policies: The long, sad story of how Canada’s drug crisis spiralled into an epidemic

This August, Ontario’s Health Minister, Sylvia Jones, announced that the Ford government would close drug consumption sites within 200 metres of schools and childcare centres. In making the announcement, Jones explained, “Continuing to enable people to use drugs is not a pathway to treatment.”