Credit to Author: The Canadian Press| Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2022 00:11:12 +0000
Lisa Lapointe says 529 people died in 2015, but that number nearly doubled a few months after the public health declaration, and death records have been shattered again and again.
Read moreCredit to Author: The Canadian Press| Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2022 21:48:38 +0000
Lisa Lapointe says 529 people died in 2015, but that number nearly doubled a few months after the public health declaration, and death records have been shattered again and again.
Read moreCredit to Author: The Canadian Press| Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2022 17:07:31 +0000
“I have a dead son. Would I have liked to force my child into care without his consent? No, I would have liked his consent. But I would like him alive, too.”
Read moreCredit to Author: The Canadian Press| Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2022 21:09:48 +0000
B.C. has applied for an exemption request to decriminalize possession of small amounts of drugs, in an effort to reduce stigma associated with drug use and help save lives.
Read moreCredit to Author: Lora Grindlay| Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2022 22:06:20 +0000
Her death has been deemed an accident, caused by a mix of illicit drug toxicity that included a lethal amount of fentanyl, according to her coroner’s report.
Read moreCredit 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 moreCredit 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 moreCredit to Author: Hardip Johal| Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2022 01:00:04 +0000
Opinion: Unlike COVID, where regulations aim to facilitate prevention through vaccinations and adherence to public health measures, laws concerning illicit drugs actually facilitate overdose deaths
Read moreCredit 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 moreCredit to Author: Lisa Cordasco| Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2022 02:21:57 +0000
The death review panel report looked into the staggering 6,007 deaths from toxic illicit drugs between Aug. 2017 to July 2021.
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