An Alberta judge has found that the Charter rights of a man, who suffers from a severe opioid addiction, were not violated when the supervised consumption site in Red Deer, Alta., closed earlier this year.

Aaron Brown filed suit against Recovery Alberta — the provincial body created last year to provide mental health and addictions services — in November, arguing that closing the Red Deer overdose prevention site (OPS) increased his risk of harm or death, constituted cruel and unusual treatment …