Safe Supply
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B.C. addictions doctor raises concerns about safer supply as minister offers reassuranceB.C. launched its prescribed safer supply program in the midst of the pandemic, in the fifth year of its seven-year public health emergency declared to combat the overdose crisis.HealthMay 26
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Deadly April inflames drug debate. Does B.C. need more safe supply, or less?The latest numbers on the B.C. overdose crisis show at least 814 drug deaths in the first four months of the year, with fentanyl detected in about eight in 10 fatalities.HealthMay 18
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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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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.HealthMay 11
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Do Saskatchewan residents support safe drug supply programs?Kayla DeMong, Director for Prairie Harm Reduction in Saskatoon, said the idea of safe supply programs isn't a big leap from safe consumption sites.HealthMay 10
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Police arrest man operating mobile hard drugs store in VancouverDrug user advocate Jerry Martin opened the shop, based out of a mobile trailer, Wednesday evening in the city's Downtown Eastside.HealthMay 4
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B.C. school trustee shares story of son’s overdose death in powerful videoAbbotsford school trustee Shirley Wilson lost her son Jacob on Nov. 11, 2021. He had been turned away twice from hospital in the 48 hours before he died.HealthApr 12
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Poilievre vows to sue drug makers over opioid crisis to fund addiction treatmentPoilievre made the pledge during a stop in Metro Vancouver, a region of the country he has routinely criticized for its embrace of safe supply sites and decriminalization.PoliticsMar 14
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Class-action suit proposed against B.C. company over claims it could sell cocaineThe suit claims the company artificially inflated its stock price through "inaccurate public representations" it made about its ability to sell cocaine.HealthMar 10
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Second B.C. company says it has been given green light to sell, produce cocaineSunshine Earth Labs, a biosciences company in Victoria, said Health Canada has granted them three amendments, to include MDMA, cocaine, and opium, morphine and diacetylmorphine.HealthMar 3
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