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• B.C. kept on cutting edge of the legal landscape around drug use

  In 2021, the Vancouver-based Drug User Liberation Front approached Health Canada with a proposal to buy heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine on the dark web.

  Health

  Jul 18, 2024
  
• First supervised injection site in North America marks 20th anniversary in Vancouver

  Unregulated drug toxicity is the leading cause of death in B.C. for people between 10 and 59, according to the BC Coroners Service.

  Health

  Sep 14, 2023
  
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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.

  Health

  Aug 10, 2020
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• They give out flu shots now; could pharmacists one day test your drugs?

  "I know that injection sites are far away, but pharmacists are everywhere."

  Health

  Nov 23, 2017
• New supervised injection service opens in Vancouver

  It's called the Powell Street Getaway, and will be open from 9 A.M. to 9 P.M. daily.

  Health

  Jul 27, 2017
• B.C. overdose deaths — Drug supply is unsafe, don’t take the risk of dabbling: Coroner

  With an average of more than four overdose deaths a day due to illicit drug use in B.C. in May, the coroners service is warning against anyone dabbling or experimenting with drugs because the risk is simply too high.

  Jun 30, 2017
• Surrey safe-injection sites approved to supervise snorting drugs or taking them orally

  Two Surrey drug injection sites became the first of its kind to get approval from Health Canada to allow users to snort illicit substances or take them orally under medical supervision.

  Health

  Jun 27, 2017
• Health Canada approves new supervised injection site in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside

  Health Canada has approved an application from Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) for a new supervised injection site on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside (DTES).

  Health

  May 26, 2017
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• Edmonton MP weighs in on safe injection sites; city councillors fire back

  The debate over supervised injection sites in Edmonton has taken another step – with local Members of Parliament jumping in.

  Politics

  Apr 30, 2017
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• Vancouver first responders preparing for spike in overdose calls after ‘Welfare Wednesday’

  Every four weeks on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, the number of overdoses spike. It's related to what is commonly referred to as "Welfare Wednesday" - the day those on income assistance receive their cheques.

  Crime

  Dec 19, 2016