Editing Supervised injection site (section)

===== Calgary: Safeworks Supervised Consumption Services (SCS) =====
Safeworks was located at the [[Sheldon M. Chumir Centre|Sheldon M. Chumir Health Centre]], which operated for several months, as a temporary facility, became fully operational starting April 30, 2018 with services available 24 hours, 7 days a week.<ref name="AHS_SCS_20190426">{{Citation|work=[[Alberta Health Services]] (AHS)|access-date=January 26, 2020|date=April 11, 2019 | url = https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/assets/info/amh/if-amh-sup-con-chumir-2019-03.pdf |series=Safeworks Monthly Report |title= March 2019: Supervised Consumption Services |pages=4}}</ref>{{rp|1}} From the day it initially launched in October 30, 2017 to March 31, 2019, 71,096 people had used its services<ref name="AHS_SCS_20190426" />{{rp|1}} The staff "responded to a total of 954 overdoses."<ref name="AHS_SCS_20190426" />{{rp|2}} In one month alone, "848 unique individuals" made 5,613 visits to the SCS.<ref name="AHS_SCS_20190426" />{{rp|1}} Its program is monitored by the Province of Alberta in partnership with the Institute of Health Economics.<ref name="AHS_SCS_20190426" />{{rp|2}}

In the City of Lethbridge's commissioned 2020 102-page report, the author noted that "Calgary's Sheldon Chumir SCS has received considerable negative press about the "rampant" social disorder around the SCS, a neighbourhood that is mixed residential and commercial."<ref name="Pijl_20200113"/>{{rp|15}} According to a May 2019 ''Calgary Herald'' article, the 250 meter radius around the safe consumption site Safeworks in [[Calgary]] located within the [[Sheldon M. Chumir Centre]] has seen a major spike in crime since its opening and described in a report by the police as having become "ground zero for drug, violent and property crimes in the downtown." Within this zone, statistics by the police in 2018 showed a call volume increase to the police by 276% for drug related matters 29% overall increase relative to the three-year average statistics.<ref name="CalgaryHearld_Hudes">{{Cite web|url=https://calgaryherald.com/news/crime/incremental-improvement-but-crime-still-plagues-area-around-safe-consumption-site-in-beltline |first=Sammy |last=Hudes |date=May 21, 2019 |access-date=January 26, 2020|title=Crime near Calgary's only safe consumption site remains a concern |newspaper= Calgary Herald}}</ref> In May 2019, the ''Calgary Herald'', said that [[Health Canada]] announced in February 2019 of approval for Siteworks to operate for another year, conditional to addressing neighborhood safety issues, drug debris and public disorder.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/breakenridge-fix-crime-issues-around-safeworks-or-risk-losing-its-valuable-service|title=Breakenridge: Fix crime issues around Safeworks or risk losing it {{!}} Calgary Herald|last=Breakenridge|first=Rob|work=calgaryherald |date=2019-02-05|language=en|access-date=2019-10-11}}</ref> There has been a plan for mobile safe consumption site intending to operate in the [[Forest Lawn, Calgary|Forest Lawn, Calgary, Alberta]], however in response to the statistics at the permanent site at the Sheldon M. Chumir Centre, community leaders have withdrawn their support.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/forest-lawn-community-leaders-withdraw-support-for-mobile-safe-consumption-vehicle|title=Forest Lawn withdraws support for mobile safe consumption vehicle {{!}} Calgary Herald|last=Logan|first=Shawn|work=calgaryherald |date=2019-02-05|language=en|access-date=2019-10-11}}</ref>

By September 2019, the number of overdose treatment at Safeworks spiked. The staff were overwhelmed and 13.5% of their staff took psychological leave.  They have had dealt with 134 overdose reversals in 2019 which was 300% more than the same time period from the previous year. The center's director reported they're dealing with an average of one overdose reversal every other day.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/spike-in-overdose-treatments-overwhelms-staff-at-calgary-shelters-1.4589807|title=Spike in overdose treatments overwhelms staff at Calgary shelters|last=Villani|first=Mark|date=September 12, 2019|work=CTV News Calgary|access-date=October 25, 2019}}</ref>