Editorial: Owen Sound Needs a Safe Consumption Site — With One Non‑Negotiable Condition

When recovery means walking past open drug use, we’ve failed as a community. Owen Sound must do better for everyone involved.

EDITORIAL OPINION

I’m not an addiction expert. I’m not a social worker, a front-line outreach worker, or a healthcare provider. I’m a community member, a mother, a writer, and now a news editor. And I’ve lived in and around Owen Sound for more than 40 years — long enough to know what this city once felt like, and to see how it’s changed.

Open drug use in …