Overdose Prevention Society

• Work never stops for Vancouver’s Overdose Prevention Society even on Christmas

  The overdose prevention society runs several tents across Vancouver's Downtown Eastside neighbourhood, including one on East Hastings Street.

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  Dec 27, 2023
  
• Vancouver Overdose Prevention Society blames new drug for 16 overdoses in 2 days

  The society's director says she's noticed a recent spike in overdoses ever since a type of psychoactive drug also known as "benzos" came on the Vancouver scene.

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  Jul 7, 2019
  
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• ‘We’re still in a crisis’: No silver bullet solution to B.C.’s opioid epidemic 3 years into public health emergency

  The B.C. public health emergency declared by Dr. Perry Kendall on Apr. 14, 2016 over the soaring number of drug overdose deaths, still persists today.

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  Apr 17, 2019
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• New medical guidelines around opioid addiction praised by Vancouver overdose prevention staff

  "It becomes a life or death situation when a poison drug supply is a part of it," said the manager of the Overdose Prevention Society.

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  Mar 6, 2018
• Overdose activists on Downtown Eastside see glimmers of hope after gruelling 2017

  "We're trying to make it a good Christmasy environment. And help people find housing."

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  Dec 24, 2017
• Civilians now being trained as first responders in effort to battle opioid crisis in B.C.

  Civilians are now being trained as first responders to help tackle the fatal opioid overdose epidemic in British Columbia.

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  Nov 14, 2017
• Local street paper hosts Vancouver forums on overdose crisis

  "Through the How to Save a Life series we're amplifying the voices of people who use drugs and the community response to the overdose crisis."

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  Oct 12, 2017
• New Minister of Mental Health and Addictions challenged to visit injection site

  "She'll get that grassroots frontline. She can talk to the people here and ask them questions on what they need."

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  Jul 19, 2017