A supervised consumption site in Toronto’s west end says it will have to close next month as the Ontario government cuts off its funding.

The Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre says the decision is devastating and it will force people to use drugs in public parks, washrooms, shelters and elsewhere, making the problem even worse.

A spokesperson for Health Minister Sylvia Jones says the province is terminating funding for the Parkdale site as of Nov. 22 in response to concerns about increased crime in the area.

Ema Popovic says that funding will instead be put toward the province’s addiction treatment and recovery programs.

The community health centre closed another one of its supervised consumption sites in the spring after the province passed a law banning such sites within 20

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