Fentanyl Crisis
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‘They’re going to die’: San Francisco, Vancouver drug crises have advocate calling for interventionMany of San Francisco’s close to 8,000 homeless people end up in the Tenderloin – the epicenter of a drug crisis that claimed 700 lives in 2020 and 650 more in 2021.HealthSep 6, 2022
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Amid grim opioid death projections, Ottawa faces calls to move faster on safe supplyNew federal data paints a grim picture of the fatal toll the opioid crisis is having on Canadians, prompting calls for greater access to safe-supply programs.HealthJun 30, 2022
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B.C.’s chief coroner calling on federal leaders to focus on illicit drug death crisisIn a wide-ranging interview for Focus BC, Lisa Lapointe said she would like to see the federal party leaders focus on plans to cut down on illicit drug deaths.HealthSep 9, 2021
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As Vancouver’s drug crisis continues, is decriminalization the answer?Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart wants to see all drugs decriminalized, but it's not that easy, Mike Smyth argues.CommentaryNov 19, 2020
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1 dead, 2 in hospital after ingesting white powder suspected to be fentanyl: N.S. RCMPA preliminary investigation indicates all three ingested a white powder, which police believe could have contained fentanyl or another toxic substance.CrimeSep 5, 2020
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Canada needs new approach to tackle worsening opioid crisis, study saysThere have been more than 15,000 apparent opioid-related deaths in Canada since 2016.CanadaAug 24, 2020
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‘I’ve been brought back to life six times’: How a B.C. man escaped the Downtown Eastside alive"If I fell down, I was going to get back up": Guy Felicella battled addiction for decades on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside and won.HealthAug 10, 2020
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Montreal police still not equipped with naloxone, despite surge in overdosesThe coronavirus pandemic has caused a drug shortage and a tainted supply of purple heroin heavily laced with fentanyl.CanadaJul 14, 2020
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Free fentanyl test strips to be distributed in Vancouver Coastal Health regionFor the first time in British Columbia, the public will be able to check drugs at home with take-home fentanyl test strips.Jan 16, 2020
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Provincial government supports additional municipal funding for overdose crisisThe B.C. government is providing new municipal funding supports for communities to find local solutions to the overdose crisis.CanadaSep 23, 2019
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