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New B.C. program using robotic and AI technology to help disrupt illicit drug trade

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Peer Support for Drug-Using Parents Facing Child Apprehension | The Tyee

PACK is helping keep families together. A Tyee Q&A.

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The Tyee: BC Updates Its Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Guidelines https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/11/24/BC-Updates-Opioid-Use-Disorder-Treatment-Guidelines/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #BCAssociationofPeopleonOpiateMaintenance #EastKootenayNetworkofPeopleWhoUseDrugs #opioidusedisordertreatmentguidelines #BCopioidusedisordertreatment #BCCentreonSubstanceUse #OpioidAgonistTreatment #BCCoronersService #BCtoxicdrugcrisis #BCtoxicdrugsupply #buprenorphine #HannahDempsey #GuyFelicella #JessLamb
BC Updates Its Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Guidelines | The Tyee

The province’s new clinical protocols offer more flexibility for medications, doses and patient access.

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A Catastrophe with ‘No Sense of Crisis’ | The Tyee

Researcher Michael Krausz on why he thinks psychiatrists should be at the centre of BC’s toxic drug deaths response.

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B.C. prohibits illegal drugs from playgrounds, spray and wading pools, skate parks

This means possession of 'illicit drugs within 15 metres of any play structure in a playground, a spray or wading pool, or a skate park will be prohibited.'

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‘People should be valued’: B.C. on pace for deadliest year in drug crisis
Nearly half of unregulated drug deaths occurred in private residents, while a third took place in other indoor spaces, such as social housing units, SROs and shelters.
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‘People should be valued’: B.C. on pace for deadliest year in drug crisis

Nearly half of unregulated drug deaths occurred in private residents, while a third took place in other indoor spaces, such as social housing units, SROs and shelters.

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‘People should be valued’: B.C. on pace for deadliest year in drug crisis

Nearly half of unregulated drug deaths occurred in private residents, while a third took place in other indoor spaces, such as social housing units, SROs and shelters.

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BC Info BotJul 26, 2023
The Tyee: An NDP MP Learns Drug Crisis Lessons in Portugal https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/07/26/NDP-MP-Learns-Drug-Crisis-Lessons-From-Portugal/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #Canadadrugdecriminalization #BCdrugdecriminalization #BrendanHanleyLiberalMP #AresDoPinhalPortugal #JodyWilson-Raybould #Portugaldrugpolicy #BCCoronersService #BCtoxicdrugcrisis #Dr.JanePhilpott #toxicdrugcrisis #toxicdrugsupply #GordJohnsNDPMP #Dr.TheresaTam #Methadone
An NDP MP Learns Drug Crisis Lessons in Portugal | The Tyee

Forced treatment doesn’t work, but thinking of treatment as a patient-led long-term support system does, says Gord Johns.

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Vancouver won’t renew lease for controversial, ‘life-saving’ overdose prevention site

The decision was as a result of "concerns from the community" about "negative impacts" outside the Seymour Street facility, according to Coun. Peter Meiszner.

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BC Info BotJul 19, 2023
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B.C. coroner says fentanyl the main culprit as 184 people died of toxic drugs in June

Chief Coroner Lisa Lapointe says illicit fentanyl is the main culprit driving the crisis in towns and cities big and small across British Columbia.

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