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BC Opioid Crisis News
BC Opioid Crisis News
In Victoria, services for drug users not keeping pace, advocates say
The number of supervised consumption sites and services for people who use drugs in Victoria has grown, but it’s not keeping pace with need, advocates say.
Jun 4, 2023 9:00 AM
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Editorial: Please care, Squamish
Because if you care, you will ask questions of the media, each other, yourselves, our community leaders, law enforcement and governments.
May 30, 2023 6:19 PM
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Opioid crisis: A heartbreak that happens every day
Sebastian Witt died of an overdose in May 2015. Not enough has changed since then, says his father
May 30, 2023 5:58 PM
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Five crushing years after her daughter’s death, Squamish mom still fighting for secure care
Brenda Doherty’s 15-year-old daughter Steffanie Georgina-Anne Lawrence died from a fentanyl overdose in 2018; current government supports voluntary care instead.
May 30, 2023 5:06 PM
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A rural island's access to health services in the opioid crisis
Though the geography comes with natural struggles, Bowen Island has been employing methods which have held the worst of the opioid crisis at bay
May 30, 2023 4:26 PM
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New West centre pushes back against tide of drug deaths
Facility’s services, including safe-consumption resources and drug testing, have helped save lives, city says
May 30, 2023 2:00 PM
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Those who overdosed on the North Shore are younger, and most likely to die in their own homes
North and West Vancouver are not immune to opioid crisis, says medical health officer
May 30, 2023 10:57 AM
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Opinion: Squamish harm reduction services are working
A group told me that they had experienced homelessness and struggled with substance abuse elsewhere, but the OPS and Under One Roof had since helped them tremendously.
May 30, 2023 10:50 AM
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Letters: Erase the stigma for the chance of a better understanding community, Squamish
Also, 'Not all who wander are lost'.
May 30, 2023 9:07 AM
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The conversation Whistler’s not having
As Whistler sets up its first-ever drug-checking site, local support workers want to open up the conversation around drug use and addiction
May 30, 2023 9:00 AM
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