Safe Drug Supply

• Conservative motion to condemn Liberals on safe drug supply fails in House

  In a vote of 209 to 113 Monday, MPs defeated a motion presented by Poilievre.

  Politics

  May 29, 2023
  
• Safe supply: Are prescribed opioids being sold on B.C.’s streets, and if so, is it a problem?

  Allegations that opioids from B.C.'s prescribed safer supply initiative are being diverted to the street became a hot political issue in the B.C. legislature this week.

  Health

  May 11, 2023
  
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• $800K from Health Canada expands Peterborough safer opioid supply program

  As of late April, there have been 14 suspected opioid-related deaths so far in 2022 in the Peterborough area.

  Health

  May 11, 2022
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• ‘They just have to do this’: Kelowna mom says B.C. urgently needs safe drug supply

  The report examined 6,007 deaths between Aug. 1, 2017, and July 31, 2021.

  Canada

  Mar 9, 2022
• 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.

  Health

  Mar 9, 2022
• Advocates calling for safe drug supply amid deadliest year for overdoses in B.C.

  According to the B.C. Corners Service, 371 people died from a suspected overdose in the Interior Health region last year.

  Health

  Feb 9, 2022
• Federal government to fund safer drug supply pilot project in Peterborough

  The initiative will pilot the use of a nurse practitioner to deliver safer drug supply to 10 patients in Peterborough. 

  Health

  May 17, 2021
• Vancouver mayor says Trudeau ‘open’ to safe drug supply proposal to curb overdose crisis

  Kennedy Stewart said Vancouver is still seeing an average of one overdose-related death every day, making the need for new solutions critical.

  Nov 21, 2019
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• Metro Vancouver’s top doctor calls for safe drug supply as fentanyl overdoses rise

  Vancouver Coastal Health's chief medical health officer has released a report arguing for better integration of services and decriminalizing hard drugs.

  Jul 26, 2019