It has claimed the lives of some 9,000 British Columbians in the past six years–the opioid crisis.. Now a B.C.’s Coroners review panel into the public-health emergency confirms what some have been calling on all along–access to a safe drug supply. As Klaudia Van Emmerik reports, one of those safe drug supply proponents is a Kelowna mom who knows all too well the heartbreak in losing loved ones to drug toxicity.
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- Amid grim opioid death projections, Ottawa faces calls to move faster on safe supply
- ‘They just have to do this’: Kelowna mom says B.C. urgently needs safe drug supply