2019 Vancouver study found 30% of participants made safer choices after using take-home test
SafePoint in Surrey has seen 300,000 visits from 3,533 people, with 2,845 drug poisonings reversed
Courtenay-Alberni MP’s Bill C-216 aimed to legislate health-based approach to substance use
Health Canada nearly halved requested personal possession amount in approval May 31
Personal possession of up to 2.5 grams to be allowed for three years beginning Jan. 31, 2023
Only 22 per cent of excess deaths during research period are directly attributed to COVID-19
When someone overdoses at VANDU, pups Guess and Joy are quick to alert the nearest human
165 people died in total, down from 174 in February and 207 in January
Jenny Matthews said drug users who live in non-urban areas often can’t get their drugs tested for contaminants
‘Usually, you just go to sleep… wake up later and you’re fine. But this night I wasn’t.’
Calls have nearly tripled since 2015, BCEHS says
Indigenous people in B.C. are 5 times more likely to overdose and 3 times more likely to die
Problem compounded by COVID, leaving youth struggling with boredom and restricted access to services
Death toll in B.C. for 2021 has reached 1,782
Distinguishes between street-level trafficker supporting an addiction and higher drug dealer
Chris Lamoureux about to begin studying to be peer support worker
B.C. is the first province to offer a safer supply program
‘We have an obligation to listen to the people who are actually doing this work, and then respond’
Since 2016, the province has lost 7,700 people to toxic drug poisonings
July has brought the death toll for the year to 1,204 deaths
