Overdose Crisis Bc

• Long waitlists for treatment forces families to go to extreme lengths during B.C’s toxic drug crisis

  According to B.C’s Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions, there are 3,203 adult and youth funded community substance use beds across the province.

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  Jun 3, 2022
  
• B.C. becomes first province to remove criminal penalties for possession of some hard drugs

  The B.C. government will now work with multiple agencies and organizations to establish indicators to establish outcomes.

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  May 31, 2022
  
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• ‘We don’t understand it’: Advocates slam Vancouver police raid of low-barrier cannabis program

  The low-barrier Cannabis Substitution Program had been selling high-dose edibles as a safer alternative to opioids out of an RV downtown for the last year and a half.

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  May 18, 2022
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• Safer drug supply needed to prevent illicit drug deaths, says new B.C. coroner’s report

  The report, released by a panel of experts convened by the BC Coroners Service, looked at the circumstances around 6,007 deaths from illicit drugs toxicity.

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  Mar 9, 2022
• Toxic drugs are now the leading cause of death for people between 19 and 39 in B.C.

  In the first half of 2021, at least 1,011 people died from suspected illicit drug toxicity in the province, according to data released by the BC Coroners Service.

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  Aug 31, 2021
• B.C. Coroners Service deploys refrigerated morgue truck amid rising deaths

  Morgues across the province are reaching capacity not only due to the pandemic but also the overdose crisis, says the coroners service said.

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  Jan 12, 2021
• Vancouver mayor to meet with police chief over raid at harm-reduction kiosk

  Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson believes police are likely worried the soon to be legal drug would end up in the hands of the wrong people.

  Sep 17, 2018