One of services designed to respond to the ongoing opioid crisis in the Okanagan, was an overdose prevention site in Vernon. The location of the centre was controversial from the start. Now after almost a year of operations, the health authority says the site has intervened in more than two dozen overdoses and an area business group is feeling cautiously optimistic about having the service in their neighbourhood.
- Mixed reaction from Vernon businesses on overdose prevention site
- Downtown Vernon Association expresses ‘guarded optimism’ about overdose prevention site