Superficially, the Ontario government’s plan to close supervised drug consumption sites that are close to schools or day care centres makes sense. So does its proposal to spend $378 million more over three years on addiction treatment and homelessness support.

Unfortunately, the plan’s logic is perplexing. The provincial government will close 10 of 17 supervised consumption sites ostensibly because of their locations. If that’s the issue, why not move them to less controversial spots? The government won’t allow that. If the problem is that the sites are ineffective, why keep any of them open?