Toronto city council has approved three supervised injection sites in the city.
Council voted 36-3 Thursday to support supervised injection services at existing health-care facilities in downtown Toronto.
The services are aimed at providing a safe and hygenic environment where people can inject pre-obtained drugs under a nurse's supervision.
Earlier this month, Toronto's board of health unanimously accepted a recommendation for three small-scale supervised injection sites.
Between 2004 and 2014 there was a 77 per cent increase in the reported number of people dying from overdoses in Toronto, according to a report presented to the board of health.
The three sites will be set up at Toronto Public Health, the Queen West-Central Toronto Community Health Centre and the South Riverdale Community Health Centre.
