The Harper government’s assertion that there is no research proving Vancouver’s supervised injection site helps reduce drug addiction is being challenged in a new report by a peer-reviewed, London-based medical journal.

The report concludes that Insite’s opening in Vancouver’s grim Downtown Eastside has led to a 30 per cent increase by facility users in entering detoxification programs.

The study, provided to The Vancouver Sun Thursday, by the journal Addiction also concluded that Insite users who began detox programs are more likely to enroll in long-term addiction treatment and reduce injecting. More >>