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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, where the phrase "harm reduction" has been crossed out dozens of times and references to a "recovery-o...

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 Alberta's review of the sites was flawed and biased.(Jonathan Hayward/Canadian Press) Alberta's 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 committee's evaluation of crime statistics around supervised consumption sites (SCS).  Criminology professor ...