Credit to Author: Gordon McIntyre| Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2021 00:52:11 +0000
Two dozen members of Moms Stop the Harm, a group who all buried their children after fatal drug overdoses, demonstrated for harm reduction and safe supply.
Read moreCredit to Author: The Canadian Press| Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2021 20:09:18 +0000
Its proposal aimed at combating the overdose crisis is part of an application to Health Canada and lists possession thresholds for four main drugs: opioids such as heroin and fentanyl, cocaine, crack cocaine and amphetamine.
Read moreCredit to Author: Cheryl Chan| Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2021 22:49:07 +0000
The Combined Overdose Response Team follows up with patients in the days after they’ve been revived from an overdose. Since its launch in August 2019, it has connected 151 people to services.
Read moreCredit to Author: Daphne Bramham| Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2021 00:07:45 +0000
Analysis: 2020 was the province’s worst ever for opioid overdose deaths, with a record 1,716 British Columbians dying
Read moreCredit to Author: Daphne Bramham| Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2021 08:01:15 +0000
As the opioid overdose crisis worsens, poll finds Canadians want compulsory treatment, decriminalization and supervised injection sites.
Read moreCredit to Author: Tiffany Crawford| Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2021 01:23:42 +0000
One woman died and two other overdosed and were taken to hospital in the same area.
Read moreCredit to Author: Tiffany Crawford| Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2021 04:11:34 +0000
Advocates say decriminalization can help to engage vulnerable people by reducing the stigma around drug use.
Read moreCredit to Author: Daphne Bramham| Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2020 02:58:10 +0000
Analysis: Vancouver’s core is at risk of becoming like New York City’s in the 1970s — a place abandoned by everyone except for the most vulnerable and disadvantaged who have nowhere else to go
Read moreCredit to Author: Daphne Bramham| Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2020 01:01:51 +0000
Opinion: Vancouver’s experience shows that decriminalization is not a stand-alone solution.
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Credit to Author: Rachel Browne| Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2020 16:59:11 GMT
The report on Ontario overdose deaths also suggests a disproportionate number of racialized drug users are dying during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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