Substance abuse was one of the areas referred to by Dr. Phillips. I think you would agree, and I'm sure Ms. Elmslie would agree as well, that's a contributing factor, or a cause and effect; who knows which. I'm sure there are people who can argue that for a long time.
I live in Victoria, British Columbia. Across the way we have in Vancouver the Downtown Eastside harm reduction process, the needle exchange program that has saved so many lives. We are unable seemingly to get one in our community. Has there been a study that Dr. Phillips and the CIHR may have done on the issue of the benefits, if any, of harm reduction processes like the Insite centre? Have you looked at it? Has the Public Health Agency examined the impact of these on the substance abuse crisis in cities like mine?