Ward 4 councillor Mark McKenzie believes a Consumption and Treatment Site in downtown Windsor won't resolve the addiction issue locally.
As heard on AM800 News on Thursday, ward 3 councillor Renaldo Agostino will introduce a notice of motion during Monday's council meeting asking council to rescind support for the location at 101 Wyandotte St. E.
Speaking on AM800's Live and Local with Kyle Horner, McKenzie says he cannot support a consumption site.
He says he'd rather see funds go into recovery services.
"If someone wants to do drugs they are going to do it whether there is a quote "safe space" or not most drug users want to do drugs somewhere where they feel comfortable and I'm not quite sure they are going to feel comfortable if they are going to a government-owned facility to do these drugs."
McKenzie says a consumption site won't solve the problem.
He says it will only enable users.
"We can't continue to put taxpayer dollars into feeding addiction. I'm all about spending money on addiction recovery and I have gotten emails and calls from parents saying they lost their son or daughter to drugs, or that their son or daughter has been an addict for 10 years and it's just going to feed their addiction."
Ward 2 councillor, Fabio Costante, ward 9 councillor, Kieran McKenzie, and ward 10 councillor, Jim Morrison met on Friday to discuss the proposal.
The three councillors said they will be opposing the motion.
Windsor city council will meet on Monday, January 30 at 4. p.m.