Insite is North America’s first legal supervised consumption site. It opened in 2003 and is located in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. The facility operates under a Health Canada exemption from prosecution under federal drug laws. Insite operates on a harm-reduction model, which means it strives to decrease the adverse health, social and economic consequences of drug use without requiring abstinence from drug use.
![The exterior of Insite. A sign on the door reading welcome to insite is visible](/sites/default/files/styles/page_header_1920/public/2022-11/InSite-Exterior.jpg?h=2d3865ee&itok=QJX0VhQM)