Last week, Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) announced that it was going to reopen the Thomus Donaghy Overdose Prevention Site in a new location in downtown Vancouver.

According to Dr. Patricia Daly, VCH’s chief medical officer, downtown Vancouver has the second highest rate of overdose deaths in all of VCH’s territory. Sadly, in response, Mayor Ken Sim ordered city staff to do everything within their means to prevent the service from reopening in a long-disused building on Helmcken Street. Citing public order concerns, Sim garnered the support he needed from his ABC Vancouver colleagues on city council to pass his motion…