Overdose Crisis
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Protest held after raid, arrests at Vancouver hard drug ‘compassion club’Police raided the Drug User Liberation Front's "compassion club," providing drug users with tested cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine, and arrested two organizers last month.CanadaNov 3
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Vancouver police conduct search warrants into operations of drug advocacy groupDULF is a Vancouver drug advocacy group that operated an illegal compassion club in hopes of reducing toxic drug deaths.CrimeOct 26
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‘He was on the brink of death’: B.C. dog survives fentanyl overdoseEight-year-old Charlie has made a full recovery, after being rushed to a vet where quick-thinking veterinarians administered two doses of Naloxone earlier this month.HealthSep 19
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‘People should be valued’: B.C. on pace for deadliest year in drug crisisNearly half of unregulated drug deaths occurred in private residences, while a third took place in other indoor spaces, such as social housing units, SROs and shelters.HealthAug 29
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B.C. coroner says fentanyl the main culprit as 184 people died of toxic drugs in JuneChief Coroner Lisa Lapointe says illicit fentanyl is the main culprit driving the crisis in towns and cities big and small across British Columbia.HealthJul 19
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Lack of funding forces closure of Penticton’s Pathways Addictions Resource CentreAfter two years without government support, a local resource centre is being forced to close its doors.HealthJul 12
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Boyle Street responding to more overdoses in central EdmontonThe increase in overdoses could be because the patients are generally in poorer health, or are using in more secluded areas, according to Boyle Street's health services director.HealthJun 5
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B.C.-wide approach to regulating public drug use coming, premier saysThe move comes after Nanaimo councillors voted to explore public drug use restrictions. Premier David Eby says the province will work with municipalities on a wider plan.HealthMay 17
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Illegal drug store selling heroin, meth, cocaine in downtown Vancouver for safe supplyWednesday was the opening day for The Drugs Store, a small mobile store that is selling heroin, meth, cocaine and MDMA in downtown Vancouver.HealthMay 4
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First Nations drug users six times more likely to die of overdose in B.C., data findsFirst Nations people represent 3.3 per cent of B.C.'s population, but the health authority said 16.4 per cent of those who died from overdoses last year were Indigenous.HealthApr 21
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