Safe Supply
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Diversion of safe supply drugs makes up majority of seized opioids: London policeA major issue that police and community health prescribers are tackling is the diversion of Dilaudid from prescribed safe supply programs.CrimeJul 15
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Peterborough clinic’s safer-supply program reports drop in overdoses, drug useApproximately 86 per cent of individuals reported using less or no fentanyl after 12 months in the safe supply program based on data from May 2022 to December 2023.HealthJun 13
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Ford calls drug decriminalization a ‘nightmare’ that will ‘never’ happen in OntarioDrug decriminalization is an “absolute nightmare” that will “never” happen in Ontario under the current Progressive-Conservative government, Premier Doug Ford says.PoliticsMay 24
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford asks feds to pause safe supply programsFord has written a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asking the federal government to review the Health Canada-approved safe supply sites across the country.CanadaMay 17
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VPD reports dramatic drop in drug seizures since B.C. decriminalization beganVancouver police are reporting a major decrease in the number of drug seizures officers have conducted since B.C. implemented its decriminalization pilot project.CrimeMar 26
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B.C. mulling oversight committee amid pressure on drug diversion concernsEarlier this week, B.C. Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth said RCMP had told him there was no evidence to suggest 'widespread diversion' of safe supply drugs.HealthMar 14
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Eby downplays Danielle Smith’s safe supply worry after B.C. seizureBritish Columbia Premier David Eby is downplaying concerns raised by his Alberta counterpart Danielle Smith about the diversion of safe supply opioids from B.C.PoliticsMar 8
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‘No more silence’: Hundreds protest in Richmond after safe consumption site debateProtesters repeatedly chanted, "No more silence!" and waved signs that read, "The silent majority has awakened," and "We elected you, and we can vote you out."PoliticsFeb 19
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Toxic drug crisis: B.C. experts urge expansion of ‘safe supply’ to save livesB.C. public health experts are urging the province to expand the current “safe supply” program, which prescribes clean drugs to a few thousand opioid users.HealthFeb 1
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B.C. health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry has recommendations for ‘safer supply’ programB.C.’s provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry will reveal her review of the province’s safe supply program at a press conference on WedHealthFeb 1
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