Bill 22 was paused last year when the B.C. Greens wouldn’t support it. “It’s inconceivable, as a parent, to think of a 12-year-old being addicted to opioids and losing their life as a result of an overdose, when we could have taken steps to avoid that,” said Horgan. “If we have access to medical care, we should make sure that everyone gets that medical care. I firmly believe that.” Grade 6 Gordon Head Middle School student Allayah Thomas died in her friend’s Langford home on April 14 after taking what her mother said was heroin and fentanyl. The B.C. Coroners Service and RCMP are investigating the death.
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“As a daughter she was stronger than me,” said Londono, 31. “When I was sad, she’d make me get out of bed and say: ‘Mama, toughen up and do your makeup. She would mother me when I needed her. I know that’s not what a kid should do, but I was so grateful for her.” Allayah was born on Feb. 11, 2009 weighing about six pounds in a High River, Alta. hospital where her Colombian grandmother worked as a lab technician. The family had moved there from Colombia when Londono was about seven. Shortly after her first child’s birth, Londono returned to Calgary where, with the same partner, she became pregnant six months later with Allayah’s sister.
The B.C. Coroners Service says it is investigating the death to determine what happened, including cause of death. Mother Adriana Londono said on the day she died, Allayah and her 15-year-old friend went to downtown Victoria “to buy downs, heroin, which is fentanyl these days, and then did it and went home.” They returned to the friend’s home in Langford, where the friend’s father thought Allayah seemed groggy. Allayah said she had consumed alcohol, was tired and went to bed. “She did not wake up.” Had she told him they had consumed drugs, he likely could have saved her, said Londono. “But kids are scared to tell their parents they’ve done drugs.”