Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada hosts North America’s only safe injection site and research about its InSite facility has show positive results. According to researchers, the InSite facility has reduced the spread of HIV and crime in the area.

Not only that ,but the safe injection site has also shown a 30-percent increase in drug addicts going into addiction treatment programs. Rates of injection among users at the facility have also dropped.

Since its opening in 2003, the safe injection program has been under fire from Canada’s conservative federal health minister. So, the continuation of the program is unknown at this moment.