Vancouver greenlights two indoor inhalation sites

Vancouver greenlights two indoor inhalation sites

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As more drug users are turning to smoking rather than injecting, Vancouver City Council voted to amend bylaws to allow the operation of two indoor safe inhalation sites. Cecilia Hua reports.

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