At least 174 people died from B.C.’s toxic drug supply in February: B.C. Coroners Service
Credit to Author: Tiffany Crawford| Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2022 21:32:07 +0000
Six of the lives lost in February were people under 19 years old.
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At least 174 people died from B.C.'s toxic drug supply in February: B.C. Coroners Service
Credit to Author: Tiffany Crawford| Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2022 17:17:43 +0000
Six of the lives lost in February were people under 19 years old.
Read moreDrug-testing expansion in Metro not enough to end fatal overdoses: critics
Credit to Author: Sarah Grochowski| Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2022 00:36:37 +0000
The calls for service expansion come as illicit drug toxicity became the leading cause of “unnatural death” in the province.
Read moreConversations That Matter: The Last High
Credit to Author: Massey Padgham| Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2022 14:00:38 +0000
The Last High, by Dr. Daniel Kalla, “explores the perfect storm of greed, addiction, and crime behind the malignant spread of fentanyl, a deadly drug that is killing people faster than any known epidemic.” Kalla knows all too well the deadly consequences of an affliction that has been pushed out of the headlines while the […]
Read moreConversations That Matter: The Last High
Credit to Author: Massey Padgham| Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2022 14:00:38 +0000
The Last High, by Dr. Daniel Kalla, “explores the perfect storm of greed, addiction, and crime behind the malignant spread of fentanyl, a deadly drug that is killing people faster than any known epidemic.” Kalla knows all too well the deadly consequences of an affliction that has been pushed out of the headlines while the […]
Read moreAt least 207 people died in January from illegal drugs: B.C. Coroners Service
Credit to Author: Tiffany Crawford| Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2022 17:05:06 +0000
January was the fourth consecutive month in which more than 200 people died because of the toxic illicit drug supply in B.C.
Read moreDaphne Bramham: Are public policy-makers making B.C.'s drug crisis worse?
Credit to Author: Daphne Bramham| Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2022 22:24:32 +0000
Opinion: There’s no evidence that B.C.’s ‘safer supply’ of drugs to addicts outside a clinical setting is working. Could it be making things worse?
Read moreOverdose prevention site asked to vacate DTES lot by spring
Credit to Author: Sarah Grochowski| Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2022 02:38:46 +0000
Last year, peer workers supervising people smoking on-site intervened to save 3,000 lives from toxic drug overdoses.
Read moreScale up B.C. drug-checking programs to save lives: centre on substance use
Credit to Author: The Canadian Press| Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2022 17:21:26 +0000
The manager of a drug-checking program says drug users who live in non-urban areas often can’t get their drugs tested for contaminants
Read moreDaphne Bramham: Crucial talk of validity of opioid safe supply falling on deaf ears
Credit to Author: Daphne Bramham| Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2022 23:45:40 +0000
Opinion: Safe supply advocates say providing prescription drugs would solve Canada’s opioid overdose crisis. But Alberta policy-makers ask for proof.
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