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I can’t remember the last time I scored 100 per cent on anything.

It certainly wasn’t my last driver’s test. Or any essay I submitted in university.

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Remembering birthdays and anniversaries? Forget it. And if grades were given for skill with airport check-in machines, I’d come close to failing every time.

Getting a perfect score on anything is a challenge, which makes it all the more impressive to see the unblemished record put up by Alberta’s seven supervised consumption sites when it comes to saving lives.

That’s right, since late 2017, the facilities in Edmonton, Calgary, Lethbridge, Grande Prairie and Red Deer have collectively reversed more than 4,300 overdoses without a single client dying in their care.

For all the posturing and pontificating that has surrounded the supervised consumption site debate in this province, that’s the statistic that should matter most.

But if you want other numbers, there are plenty to be had, thanks to a new report on the sites from the Alberta Community Council on HIV (ACCH).