Ghartey partially blames the pandemic for the increase in deaths, since many social services were either reduced or suspended during 2020. The lack of temporary or affordable housing compounds the drug issue. But she's also angry that despite two years of advocacy by STOPS to get a safe consumption site established in Greater Sudbury, it hasn't come to fruition. "We are doing this voluntarily. We are out there every single night. Why is it that the community has to be doing this for two years now?" When it comes to reducing the number of deaths, Ghartey says there isn't any one answer.