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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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Insite Is Turning 20 | The Tyee

North America’s first legal supervised consumption site has welcomed 4 million people and reversed 17,000 overdoses.

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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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Advocates propose paying most vulnerable $20/day to enter drug treatment

The $600 per month would go into people’s pockets and not towards food or accommodation costs, giving them something to work with when they leave treatment and attempt recovery.

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