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A supervised drug injection site gives hope to a community ravaged by fentanyl deaths.

Love in the Time of Fentanyl Independent Lens

Premiered February 13, 2023
Love in the Time of Fentanyl

As fentanyl overdose deaths in Vancouver, Canada reach an all-time high, the Overdose Prevention Society opens its doors—a renegade safe injection site that employs current or former drug users. Its staff and volunteers save lives and give hope to a marginalized community, doing whatever it takes to remain open in this intimate documentary that looks beyond the stigma of injection drug users.

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