A few minutes after Tony Williams injects drugs, his friendly banter stops, he slumps in the chair and his head sinks. Nurse Keren Elumir is immediately at his side, talking calmly to him, checking his pulse and sliding an oxygen mask on his face.
Williams survived the mild overdose Thursday at the Moss Park safe consumption site, but might not be alive had he shot up at home, as he has done in the past. He’s not alone. Staff at this site on Sherbourne Street near Queen Street East reversed 517 overdoses last year.