On February 13, City Council adopted a resolution by a vote of 7-2 to study the feasibility of a supervised consumption site located at the hospital in Richmond. 

The resolution did not state that the City would establish a site. Council has no legal ability to do that – only Vancouver Coastal Health can do this with the approval of Health Canada.

Vancouver Coastal Health has now publicly stated it will not open a supervised consumption site in Richmond. That means the discussion on whether there will be a supervised consumption site in Richmond is closed. There will be no site and no further discussion by Council on the matter.

In discussing this decision, it is important to note that the operators of supervised consumption sites do not hand out drugs to people. Nor do they encourage drug use by children or non-drug users.

A supervised consumption site assists with addiction treatment and recovery services.  A site does help to reduce overdose deaths. Twenty-six Richmond residents died from a drug overdose in 2023. Others will likely die this year.

Keeping our community safe is paramount, and Council will always explore ways to do that. However, there will be no further discussion on the possibility of a supervised consumption site in Richmond.

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於 2 月 13 日，市議會以 7 比 2 票數通過動議，建議研究位於列治文醫院的監管注射站之可行性。

這項動議並非提議由市政府設立監管注射站，因為市議會無該法律權力 - 監管注射站的設立必須在加拿大衛生部的批准下，僅由溫哥華沿岸衛生局執行。

而溫哥華沿岸衛生局現已公開表示，不會在列治文設立監管注射站。這表示關於列治文是否設立監管注射站的討論已經結束。列治文不會設立監管注射站，市議會也不會再有進一步的討論。

在說明這項決策的同時，值得重申的重點是監管注射站並不會向市民分發藥品，也不支持兒童或非服藥者使用藥物。

監管注射站提供成癮治療和康復服務， 並確實有助於減低服藥過量而致命的風險。在 2023 年有 26 名列治文居民因服藥過量而死亡。遺憾的是，今年可能還會有其他人因服藥過量致命。

對我們而言，確保社區安全是非常之重要，市議會將持續探索實現此目標的方法。但是不會再進一步討論在列治文設立監管注射站之可能性。