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Overdose death rates are declining, even as life-saving harm reduction measures are rolled back. No one knows why.
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The Opioid Crisis

Overdose death rates are declining, even as life-saving harm reduction measures are rolled back. No one knows why.

BC shuts down a key harm reduction program after a leaked document outlines how much "prescribed safer supply" -- a small share compared to organized crime production -- is illegally diverted

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Mar 24, 2025
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Public Safety Minister Garry Begg and Health Minister Josie Osborne announce the cancellation of BC’s “prescribed alternative” program for “home carry” of hydromorphone at a news conference in Victoria February 19.

As BC’s toxic drug overdose emergency marks its ninth anniversary on April 14, public health officials are confronted with a contradictory re…

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