by Charlie Smith on February 11th, 2021 at 3:00 PM
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There was a record number of illicit-drug overdose deaths in British Columbia in 2020. And the Canadian Association for Safe Supply has linked this high number to inaction on the part of the provincial government.
According to the group's cofounder, Jordan Westfall, the province was caught "flat-footed during a pandemic when we needed physical distancing and safe supply".
In a news release, he said that "few could access that supply and it wasn’t exactly safe, although patients were never told that.”
"That needs to change," Westfall said, "83,000 people struggle with opioid dependence placing them at higher overdose risk."