By Terry Ferrell – read the source editorial in the Cowichan Valley Citizen Rumours have persisted for years that unhoused people are being bused to the Comox Valley, en masse. The same unsubstantiated rumours have been circulating for just as long in virtually every community in B.C. It’s time to […]
by Dustin Godfrey at Filter Magazine – read the source article here February 18, 2026 Even as British Columbia’s Ministry of Health was caving to right-wing panic over “diversion” of safe supply drugs, its public safety ministry internally acknowledged the negligible role of diverted opioids in the unregulated drug supply. In […]
The province’s drug decriminalization experiment lowered arrests and reduced harm—but it failed a different political test by Desmond Cole, From The Breach – read the source article here If the measure of success is whether life became safer and less punitive for people who use drugs, British Columbia’s decriminalization pilot was […]
What B.C. Actually Provides for People Living With Substance Use Disorders and why. by RON MERK – Read the source article at his Learning Moments Substack – FEB 02, 2026 Public conversations about substance use in British Columbia are often charged with emotion, misunderstanding, and frustration. One of the most […]
by Sidney Sauer, from Filter Mag – read the source article here Facing right-wing backlash, harm reduction initiativesaround Canada have steadily been rolled back. Safer opioid supply (SOS) programs—which provide pharmaceutical-grade opioids in lieu of unpredictable street supply—have been one major target, including through legislation restrictingpharmacies’ “high potency” opioid distribution and ending take-home programs. Despite waning political support, […]
Drug deaths are finally falling—but the cause may be far outside of U.S. policy makers’ control. By Charles Fein Leiman from the Atlantic – read source article For two decades, the United States and Canada have struggled with a drug epidemic. From 2003 to 2022, annual overdose deaths in the United States rose from less […]
‘It’s atrocious out here:’ advocates continue pushing for permanent Oceanside winter shelter By Jordan Davidson – Nanaimo News Now – read the source article here Jan 9, 2026 Another winter without a full-time shelter for the unhoused in Oceanside is well underway. Oceanside Homelessness Task Force chair Shayla Day and other […]
by ANDREA WOO for the Globe and Mail – Read the source article VANCOUVER B.C. Premier David Eby says public drug use will not be permitted when the province’s contentious decriminalization trial comes up for renewal at the end of this month. But it remains to be seen whether his government will seek […]
As the effects of the toxic drug crisis become an intrinsic part of health care, nurses on Vancouver Island are having to adapt to what that means for keeping patients healthy. – by Jessica Durling, Black Press. Read the source article here – On Dec. 2, Vancouver Island University fourth-year […]
From CityNews, By Charles Brockman. Read the source article British Columbia’s health minister has announced that the province is changing its Prescribed Alternatives Program to a witnessed model, in which users will be watched as they consume the drugs. Minister Josie Osborne says the “significant” change to end the take-home model […]
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