The solution is decriminalization and getting people safe access to the medication that they need, which would be at overdose prevention sites or at InSite or Crosstown Clinic, where people can get safe access to drugs, safe supplies. They can have somebody there who can help them get into proper treatment facilities, especially if they're youth. This just sounds amazing for youth, for them to be able to get in there and get treatment.
We see youth on the street in the Downtown Eastside and it's totally upsetting to all of us. There's nowhere for them to go. A lot of the youth centres don't take young people who are using, so they end up in the street. It's so shocking that it's hard to sleep at night thinking about them and where they're going.