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
Business owners, Port Alberni Shelter Society talk public washrooms
New addiction clinic and detox centre needed in Nuu-chah-nulth territory, says president
Its storefront open a year, UVic’s Substance project looks to scale up services
Jenny Matthews said drug users who live in non-urban areas often can’t get their drugs tested for contaminants
Number of drug toxicity deaths nearly doubled in 2021
Island MPs ask government to decriminalize possession, make treatment more accessible in new bill
‘Zero urgency’ from policymakers to declare federal public health emergency
‘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