Unless British Columbia meaningfully expands its safer supply model, it will continue to "count the dead" from toxic unregulated drugs, said Chief Coroner Lisa Lapointe.
According to the BC Coroners Service, more than six people die every day in B.C. from suspected toxic drug poisonings. Last year was the deadliest on record.
According to the BC Coroners Service, more than six people die every day in B.C. from suspected toxic drug poisonings. Last year was the deadliest on record.
B.C. launched its prescribed safer supply program in the midst of the pandemic, in the fifth year of its seven-year public health emergency declared to combat the overdose crisis.
B.C. launched its prescribed safer supply program in the midst of the pandemic, in the fifth year of its seven-year public health emergency declared to combat the overdose crisis.