Insite is the first legal supervised drug injection site in North America, located at 139 East Hastings Street, in the Downtown Eastside neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia. The DTES had 4700 chronic drug users in 2000 and has been considered to be the centre of an "injection drug epidemic".

When was InSite opened?

InSite opens

In September 2003, Health Canada, under the Liberal government, granted the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority (VCH) a limited exemption from Canada's drug trafficking and possession laws under section 56 of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA).

When did InSite open in Vancouver?

Insite is North America's first legal supervised consumption site. It opened in 2003 and is located in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, where there is a high number of long-term injection drug users. The facility operates under a Health Canada exemption from prosecution under federal drug laws.