BC Drugs

• Maple Ridge business closing shop due to open drug use, threats

  The City of Maple Ridge has community safety programs but one councillor said there's only so much the city can do.

  Economy

  Feb 10, 2024
  
• B.C. drug advocacy group argues illegal ‘compassion club’ model reduces overdoses

  The pilot study used 42 drug-using participants, giving them access to illicit drugs that have been tested to prevent overdoses.

  Health

  Sep 20, 2023
  
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• ‘I was destroying lives’: Former B.C. high school drug dealer on the lure of gang life

  "We see our young people … usually (between) the ages of about 16 and 22 … that is where the bulk of our street-level drug dealers are in that range," an anti-gang official said.

  Crime

  Aug 8, 2023
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• Illegal drug store selling heroin, meth, cocaine in downtown Vancouver for safe supply

  Wednesday was the opening day for The Drugs Store, a small mobile store that is selling heroin, meth, cocaine and MDMA in downtown Vancouver.

  Health

  May 4, 2023
• B.C. premier vows to investigate cannabis company’s reported approval to produce, sell cocaine

  Adastra Labs, in Langley, B.C., says Health Canada granted an amendment to its dealer license to 'interact with up to 250 grams – or nearly nine ounces – of cocaine.

  Health

  Mar 2, 2023
• B.C. expanding PharmaCare coverage to include diabetes, heart failure and blood clot drugs

  As of Thursday, B.C. PharmaCare drug coverage expands. 'The medication in question affects 245,000 people. These are much-needed medications in our province,' the province said.

  Health

  Jan 5, 2023
• Border services in Vancouver make ‘record seizure of opium’ in fake pallets

  A CBSA investigation in Vancouver led to the discovery of almost 2,500 kilograms of opium, which was turned over to the RCMP’s federal crime unit for criminal investigation.

  Crime

  Dec 16, 2022
• EV charging station altercation in Richmond, B.C. leads to drug trafficking charges

  Richmond RCMP said Friday that two men arrested in connection with an incident at an electric vehicle charging station last October have now been charged.

  Crime

  Aug 19, 2022
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• Coquitlam drug lab found and dismantled: RCMP

  Health Canada is analyzing seized materials from the site to identify the nature of the potential drugs that were making its way out of the illicit drug lab.

  Crime

  Jul 20, 2022
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• Man flees car rollover with two bricks of cocaine, charged with trafficking

  43-year-old Nicholas Harris has been charged with one count of Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking.

  Crime

  Jun 29, 2022