The lives of drug users matter was the message from a rally at City Hall Square Friday by the Windsor Overdose Prevention Society Community Support Group.
It is calling for overdose prevention sites in Windsor saying they save lives.
There have been renewed calls for an overdose prevention site after four overdose deaths in Windsor over a 24-hour period in early November.
Brandon Bailey is a member of the Windsor Overdose Prevention Society and says they're hoping to change the minds of city councillors and Police Chief Al Frederick to allow a site in Windsor.
"We're here to let anyone at city hall, the mayor, city councillors, the chief of police, everybody know that we need this site and we need it now. We don't need it in a year or six-months, we need it today," he says.
A protest outside of Windsor City Hall. November 23, 2018 (Photo by AM800's Rob Hindi)
Windsor Police Chief Al Frederick is not in favour of a site and Bailey says people will die as a result.
"The longer it takes for him to change his stance, the more people are going to die."
Bailey says the sites have proven to be effective elsewhere and is in favour of having more than one site scattered around Windsor because people are using drugs in every part of the city.
25 people attended Friday's rally.
--With files from AM800's Kathie McMann and Rob Hindi