A folding table, a chair, a person with Narcan

How Sarah Blyth took on the overdose crisis in the Downtown Eastside with a combination of common sense and community empowerment

Sarah Blyth, executive director of the Overdose Prevention Site. Rafal Gerszak photo.

Sarah Blyth, now executive director of Vancouver’s Overdose Prevention Site, remembers the toxic drug crisis beginning in 2016 with shouts for help, then people running to her, frantically looking for Narcan, the brand name of life-saving injectable naloxone necessary t…