Nearly two-thirds of Torontonians say that they are supportive of safe injection sites but more than half believe that their neighbours wouldn’t welcome a facility if it was located nearby, a new poll from Forum Research has found.
The poll of 1,110 randomly selected residents found that 64 per cent of respondents approve of safe injection sites compared to only 24 per cent who disapprove. The poll also found that 65 per cent of residents believe safe injection sites are either very effective or somewhat effective at saving lives compared to 23 per cent who said that they were not effective.
About 53 per cent of respondents said that they believe their neighbours would disapprove of any supervised injection facility that was located within one kilometre of their home. About 19 per cent said they felt their neighbours would approve of a facility being set up nearby while 28 per cent said they weren’t sure.
“It’s true that the majority of Torontonians approve of safe injection sites in general, but it’s also true that a majority says a site wouldn’t be welcomed in their neighbourhood,” Forum Research President Lorne Bozinoff said in a press release. “It suggests that people are conflicted on the issue: they know that safe injection sites serve a purpose, but they feel as though their community would prefer if the sites were outside of their own neighbourhood.
“I want to try to help these people. It’s ok. Ya help em,' but not in my backyard. That’s the reality of things,” he said at the time.
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