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Objective
We aimed to characterise overdose mortality in Toronto, ON, Canada, and to establish the spatial association between supervised consumption services (SCS) locations and overdose mortality events.
Findings/Key points
We found that the period during which SCS were implemented in Toronto was associated with a reduced overdose mortality in surrounding neighbourhoods. The magnitude of this inverse association increased from 2018 to 2019, equalling approximately two overdose fatalities per 100 000 people averted in the square mile surrounding SCS in 2019. Policy makers should consider implementing and sustaining SCS across neighbourhoods where overdose mortality is high.
Design/methods
We compared crude overdose mortality rates before and after the implementation of nine SCS in Toronto in 2017.
