Our Featured Presentation this month is: Ron Merk, Chair of the Port Alberni CAT discussing their new document: Solving the Poisoned Drug Crisis in the Alberni Valley. Last month you were asking for more information on this report and planned next steps – here is your chance to hear more! We will then […]
From the Vancouver Sun Farnworth has spoken to the RCMP’s commanding officer about the seizure in Prince George and was told that the idea that there is widespread diversion is “simply not true.” There is no evidence of widespread diversion of safe-supply drugs, British Columbia’s solicitor general and the RCMP […]
From the Port Alberni CAT The Grim Reality The poisoned drug crisis has reached epidemic proportions that claim lives daily. In Canada alone, an average of 22 people die each day from toxic street drugs. In BC, 2023 delivered more than 7 deaths a day. This year, In January another 198 […]
From the PQB News Risebridge executive director says event first of its kind in Parksville area Kevin Forsyth Mar 7, 2024 Community members who have died due to the toxic drug crisis were remembered in Parksville on March 6, Black Balloon Day. Volunteers tied up black balloons, and set out […]
From Science Direct – HIghlight Read the full peer reviewed study of safe supply Abstract Background Although non-medical use of pharmaceutical opioids (POs) is associated with a number of risks, in the context of the opioid-overdose crisis, it may have the secondary benefit of decreasing the risk of exposure to […]
From The Tyee – In May, 176 more people were killed by toxic drugs in BC. The number of people dying each day due to a toxic drug supply decreased slightly in May compared to April, with 5.7 deaths per day compared to 7.3 deaths per day, respectively. So far […]
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 […]
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