Credit to Author: Daphne Bramham| Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 00:12:09 +0000
British Columbia’s overdose death numbers declined by a third last year. But that’s where the good news ends. With toxic brain injuries on the rise and gaping holes in the treatment system, the crisis is far from over as B.C. coroner emphasizes that it’s not enough to simply keep people alive.
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Credit to Author: Stephanie Ip| Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2020 20:49:31 +0000
The search warrant was for a suite located in a downtown Vancouver condominium tower at 1255 Seymour St.
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Credit to Author: Scott Brown| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 20:12:02 +0000
Strips are just as accurate as drug checking at a health care facility in identifying opioids contaminated by fentanyl
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Credit to Author: Daphne Bramham| Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2019 23:07:09 +0000
B.C.’s rules for addiction recovery houses are so opaque that even one of the largest care providers didn’t know that it needed to register.
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Credit to Author: Daphne Bramham| Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 02:41:37 +0000
OPINION: New regulations and enforcement power doesn’t begin to attack the problem of unregistered and unlicensed addictions recovery houses that purport to provide supportive care.
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Credit to Author: Daphne Bramham| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2019 01:33:27 +0000
At the house on 138A Street where the most recent death occurred, there were 11 substantiated complaints. Only one was dealt with, according to the most recent report posted on the Assisted Living Registry’s website.
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Credit to Author: Tiffany Crawford| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 23:04:28 +0000
The B.C. Coroners Service is warning drug users that while the number of drug toxicity deaths is going down, the drug supply on the street is still tainted and unpredictable. The coroner reported Thursday that there were 69 suspected drug toxicity deaths in October 2019, a 42-per-cent decrease over the 118 deaths in October 2018. […]
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Credit to Author: Tiffany Crawford| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 18:29:27 +0000
The BC Coroners Service is warning drug users that while the number of drug toxicity deaths is going down, the supply on the street is still tainted and unpredictable. The coroner reported Thursday that that there were 69 suspected drug toxicity deaths in October 2019, a 42 per cent decrease over the 118 deaths in […]
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Credit to Author: Tiffany Crawford| Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2019 23:24:10 +0000
The women, members of the Moms Stop the Harm advocacy group, staged a photo at Jericho Beach wearing black and carrying large white crosses.
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Credit to Author: Daphne Bramham| Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2019 23:22:53 +0000
OPINION: Words are being weaponized and battle lines drawn in the fight to address the continuing opioid overdose crisis. But what’s needed is a serious debate involving all of us.
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