2019 Vancouver study found 30% of participants made safer choices after using take-home test
SafePoint in Surrey has seen 300,000 visits from 3,533 people, with 2,845 drug poisonings reversed
Courtenay-Alberni MP’s Bill C-216 aimed to legislate health-based approach to substance use
Health Canada nearly halved requested personal possession amount in approval May 31
Personal possession of up to 2.5 grams to be allowed for three years beginning Jan. 31, 2023
Only 22 per cent of excess deaths during research period are directly attributed to COVID-19
When someone overdoses at VANDU, pups Guess and Joy are quick to alert the nearest human
165 people died in total, down from 174 in February and 207 in January
My grandson, Derek, died alone in his apartment from fentanyl drug poisoning…
Addiction clinic and detox centre needed on Island’s West Coast, says Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council
Its storefront open a year, UVic’s Substance project looks to scale up services
SOLID Outreach staffer says all-party committee must ensure continuity between governments
Jenny Matthews said drug users who live in non-urban areas often can’t get their drugs tested for contaminants
Island MPs ask government to decriminalize possession, make treatment more accessible in new bill
‘Our firefighters are put into many tragic circumstances,’ says Maja Tait
‘Zero urgency’ from policymakers to declare federal public health emergency
‘Usually, you just go to sleep… wake up later and you’re fine. But this night I wasn’t.’