Lethbridge mayor says opioid crisis turning into a political issue
LETHBRIDGE – Mayor Chris Spearman is taking aim at the criticism he, the city and ARCHES’ Supervised Consumption Site have been receiving over the last several weeks.
Speaking from Halifax where he’s attending the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) meeting, the mayor says the heat that ARCHES has been taking is unfair.
“I think ARCHES is taking a lot of blame, and they deserve a huge amount of credit for providing beneficial services and limiting drug debris in the community.”
Spearman believes that the needle distribution and debris issues are being made into political issues, and that he says, is ‘very unfortunate.’