Toxic Drugs
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Fraser Health to offer free delivery of harm reduction suppliesFraser Health's new program to offer home delivery of harm reduction supplies aims to reduce deaths among people who don't use supervised drug consumption sites.HealthAug 12
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New overdose prevention guidelines coming for B.C. universitiesA steering committee has identified early actions for post-secondary institutions to follow in the event of an overdose on campus.HealthJul 11
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B.C. rejects Dr. Bonnie Henry’s call to expand safer supply programDr. Bonnie Henry said in a report, B.C. needs to expand on its non-prescribed alternatives to the toxic, unregulated drug supply to save more lives.HealthJul 11
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Activists selling street drugs from Vancouver ‘compassion club’ charged with traffickingVancouver police said Friday that Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nyx of the Drug User Liberation Front had been charged with three counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking.CrimeJun 7
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‘We just disagree’: Premier at odds with B.C.’s top doctor on drug legalizationThe comments came after provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry testified at a federal parliamentary standing committee on health on May 30.HealthJun 6
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Scientific adviser appointed as B.C. sees rise in overdose-related brain injuriesB.C. announced the appointment of a chief scientific adviser to address a "growing population" of people who survived an overdose but were left with life-altering brain injuries.HealthJun 5
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Battle over B.C. drug policy flares up over contentious recovery symposiumThursday was the first day of the inaugural Prosper symposium, organized by the U.S.-based Foundation for Drug Policy Solutions.PoliticsMay 30
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Premier’s office accused of interference in Richmond, B.C. drug site decisionA Richmond city councillor believes the province intervened improperly in a decision over whether to consider a safe drug consumption site at the community's hospital.PoliticsMay 29
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Toxic drugs killing more than 2 youths per month in B.C., data showsA report from the BC Coroners Service says 126 children and youth younger than 19 died from toxic drugs between 2019 and 2023.May 28
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Filmmaker takes toxic drug crisis documentary to B.C. MLAsThe drug crisis claimed an average of six lives a day in B.C., amounting to more than 2,500 people in 2023 alone.HealthMay 22
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