Safer Supply

• 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. 

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  May 18
  
• 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
  
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• Youth may be buying opioids from B.C. drug vending machines, recovery centre warns

  The MySafe machines dispense hydromorphone, a medical-grade opioid, providing people with addiction a lifesaving alternative to the toxic drugs circulating on the street.

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  Jan 24
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• Safe supply is about ‘pulling out all stops’ to prevent opioid crisis deaths: Tam

  Canada’s top doctor says street drugs in Canada have become so toxic that offering a safe supply of opioids is one way to prevent deaths.

  Health

  Dec 24, 2022
• Poilievre defends safe supply criticisms, says programs ‘perpetuating’ addiction

  Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is defending his criticism of 'safe supply' programs for opioid use, saying they are 'perpetuating indefinitely' people’s addictions. 

  Canada

  Dec 21, 2022
• $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
• 6th anniversary of B.C. drug crisis met with calls for rapid access to safer supply

  Since B.C. declared a public health emergency over the deadly tainted drug supply, more than 9,400 people have lost their lives, more than one in five of them last year alone.

  Health

  Apr 14, 2022
• Advocate calls for B.C.’s drug-checking program to be scaled up

  Checking illicit drugs for deadly toxins is the best option to prevent fatal overdoses without a safer supply, but that service should be expanded says an advocate for drug users.

  Health

  Feb 19, 2022