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Drugs: Medical ethicist says safe injection locations 'brilliant' at preventing overdose deaths

"People might debate whether Saint John needs one or not, but I would say there's no harm in having one," said Tim Christie, associate professor in bioethics at Dalhousie University and a lecturer at the University of New Brunswick Saint John.

"They're brilliant at preventing people from dying of overdose deaths. They're brilliant at linking people with other treatments."

In 2009, 18 substance abusers in Saint John died while on a waiting list for treatment, Christie said.