In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled to support a British Columbia safe-injection site for drug addictions.

Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq said Friday that the federal government will comply with the ruling, according to the Canadian Press.

The court ordered the Harper government to abandon its effort to close the Insite facility in Vancouver.

The decision could impact Saskatchewan in the future.

Sean Fraser is the executive director of Carmichael Outreach -- one of four spots in Regina that hosts a needle exchange program. He says while a safe drug injection site is not currently on their radar, Friday’s decision by the Supreme Court could eventually have implications here.

“There is a real moral debate happening in Canada around harm reduction. But as far as the science behind it, there’s good science from all over the place that harm reduction and needle exchange and safe injection is actually cost saving to the government,” he said.

When it comes to the current needle exchange program happening in this province, Fraser says the network has curbed the spread diseases -- such as HIV/AIDS -- by one third.

"Needle exchanges are a really important part of curbing the spread of that. They figure the needle exchange network in Saskatchewan today is curbing the spread of that by about a third. So the number is still going up but it's going up a third less quickly than it would otherwise."

Edited by News Talk Radio's Karin Yeske.