B.C. expands access to safer drug alternatives for people at risk of overdose
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Paramedic specialists Brian Twaites and David Hilder of B.C. Ambulance debrief after responding to a drug overdose in downtown Vancouver, Wednesday, June 23, 2021. British Columbia will provide safer prescription drugs to people at risk of overdose and death from toxic substances, without expecting them to enter treatment. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
VANCOUVER – British Columbia says it’s bringing in a new policy that will expand access to safer prescription drugs for people at risk of overdose and death from toxic substances, without expecting them to enter treatment.
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