From Nanaimo News Now – PARKSVILLE — One final vote signaled the end of debate for a much-discussed addiction treatment centre on the edge of Parksville’s downtown. Council gave its unanimous blessing for a 19 bed Island Health owned and operated residential facility to be staffed 24-hours a day at […]
From Drug Data Decoded Peer-reviewed research shows 49% reduction in drug poisonings, with poisonings requiring naloxone reduced by almost two-thirds. What political dark magic is preventing the rapid rollout of non-profit, non-medicalized safe supply while Canada drowns in drug poisonings? The Drug User Liberation Front (DULF), criminalized and shut down by Vancouver […]
We have important topics on our agenda this month – updates on the Parksville Treatment Centre and Extreme Weather Response or non-response, and hopeful plans for a more coordinated Extreme Weather Response in future years. Our big topic is: Ending Homelessness – How are Other Cities taking Action? and What […]
From the Calgary Herald. The numbers come amid a push from UCP members to end public funding for supervised consumption site. Matt Scace Published Nov 05, 2023 • Last updated Nov 05, 2023 • 2 minute read Through eight months of 2023, Alberta and Calgary are experiencing the worst drug […]
From the Times Colonist – 940 Caledonia, a documentary by now city councillor Krista Loughton, premieres at the Victoria Film Festival on Thursday Krista Loughton was walking through Central Park near the Crystal Pool with a GoPro camera just before Christmas 2020, sloshing through ankle-deep water after heavy December rain […]
Read how Finland’s approach to homelessness (hint, it’s housing) saves about $14,000 per person per year in crime, addiction, mental health and emergency health services. Click here to read the whole article by Patrice Bergeron The Canadian Press The homeless crisis in Montreal is a priority for many as winter […]
Click here for the full article from Nanaimo News Now NANAIMO — More people died from drug toxicity last year than in any year previous. Grim new numbers from the B.C. Coroners Service shows 2023 will go down as the deadliest year in the toxic drug crisis so far, with […]
More than 2,500 lives lost to toxic drugs in 2023 Preliminary reporting released by the BC Coroners Service confirms that toxic, unregulated drugs claimed the lives of at least 2,511 people in British Columbia in 2023, the largest number of drug-related deaths ever reported to the agency. Click here to […]
From the BCCDC People with an opioid use disorder who were prescribed at least one day’s supply of opioids as part of the Province of British Columbia’s Risk Mitigation Guidance were 61 per cent less likely to die in the following week when compared to a similar group of people […]
w Zak Vescera’s description in a 2021 Star Phoenix article) “a roving clinic, moving between NGOs in Saskatoon and treating some of the most vulnerable people in the city.” Coe’s special interests are in mental health and addictions, harm reduction and trauma informed care, and she could provide an insightful […]
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