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Advocates worry health policy change another government dismissal of harm reduction Janet French © Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press A woman prepares her dose of crack cocaine at a supervised consumption site in Ottawa in January 2021. A newly revised health policy has become the latest symptom of a provincial tug-of-war between government and harm reduction experts in Alberta. At the behest of the UCP government, Alberta Health Services has revised its strategy on substance use, wh...

Posted: Jan 08, 2021 5:49 PM MT | Last Updated: January 9 An injection kit is shown at a supervised consumption site. A new a peer-reviewed article says Albertas review of the sites was flawed and biased.(Jonathan Hayward/Canadian Press) Albertas review of supervised consumption sites was flawed and biased, stoking unchecked claims about the links between the service and crime rates, according to the author of a new peer-reviewed article.  Harm Reduction Journal, takes aim at the committees e...