Charles Momy, president of the Ottawa Police union, said they are totally against the idea since a safe zone would attract drug pushers to sell their illegal wares in the area.
Momy said the Ottawa police want to put its foot down on the idea before it gains more support among drug users and libertarians. The suggestion for a safe injection site, aside from copying Vancouver's controversial Insite, was an offshoot of a University of Ottawa research that said half of 250 addicts interviewed said they would frequent a safe injection site if there would be one in Ottawa. Momy was supported by Ottawa Police Chief Vernon White.
Zhu Li-Qin, head of the UNINCB's Conventin Evaluation Section, pointed to an article in the 1961 UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs which specified drugs could only be used for medical and scientific purposes. Zhu had previously warned the Vancouver Sun, "Traffickers are searching for markets, and a (supervised site) serves as a small market where people and legally inject drugs."
