The Tyee: Peer Support for Drug-Using Parents Facing Child Apprehension https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/12/08/Peer-Support-Drug-Using-Parents/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @tyee@mstdn.ca #MinistryofChildrenandFamilyDevelopment #ProvincialPerinatalSubstanceUseProgram #BC-YukonAssociationofDrugWarSurvivors #ParentsAdvocatingCollectivelyforKin #KidsAreOnlyKidsOncedocumentary #BCchildprotectionservices #MCFDchildapprehension #MaxxineWrightShelter #HawkfeatherPeterson #BCtoxicdrugcrisis #GoodSamaritanAct

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 @tyee@mstdn.ca #BCAssociationofPeopleonOpiateMaintenance #EastKootenayNetworkofPeopleWhoUseDrugs #opioidusedisordertreatmentguidelines #BCopioidusedisordertreatment #BCCentreonSubstanceUse #OpioidAgonistTreatment #BCCoronersService #BCtoxicdrugcrisis #BCtoxicdrugsupply #buprenorphine #HannahDempsey #GuyFelicella #JessLamb

The Tyee: A Catastrophe with ‘No Sense of Crisis’ https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/10/06/Catastrophe-No-Sense-Crisis/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @tyee@mstdn.ca #CanadianCentreonSubstanceAbuse #MentalHealthCommissionofCanada #UniversityofBritishColumbia #COVID-19governmentresponse #CrosstownClinicVancouver #substanceusedisorders #opioidagonisttherapy #addictionpsychiatry #drugtoxicitycrisis #BCCoronersService #BCtoxicdrugcrisis #BCtoxicdrugdeaths #traumaanddruguse #benzodiazepines #MichaelKrausz

Global News BC: B.C. prohibits illegal drugs from playgrounds, spray and wading pools, skate parks https://globalnews.ca/news/9960775/bc-prohibits-possession-illegal-drugs-public-spaces/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #BCopendruguserules #Druguseplaygrounds #Drugusewadingpools #bctoxicdrugcrisis #Drugusesprayparks #Drugusespraypools #toxicdrugcrisis #BCopendruguse #OpendruguseBC #OpenDrugUse #BCdruguse #Politics #Health

‘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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https://globalnews.ca/news/9926906/july-2023-toxic-drug-deaths-bc/

Global News BC: ‘People should be valued’: B.C. on pace for deadliest year in drug crisis https://globalnews.ca/news/9926906/july-2023-toxic-drug-deaths-bc/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #Julyoverdosenumbers #BCCoronersService #bctoxicdrugcrisis #BCoverdosecrisis #toxicdrugcrisis #OverdoseCrisis #OpioidCrisis #fentaly #Health #VANDU

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 @tyee@mstdn.ca #Canadadrugdecriminalization #BCdrugdecriminalization #BrendanHanleyLiberalMP #AresDoPinhalPortugal #JodyWilson-Raybould #Portugaldrugpolicy #BCCoronersService #BCtoxicdrugcrisis #Dr.JanePhilpott #toxicdrugcrisis #toxicdrugsupply #GordJohnsNDPMP #Dr.TheresaTam #Methadone

Global News BC: Vancouver won’t renew lease for controversial, ‘life-saving’ overdose prevention site https://globalnews.ca/news/9853680/yaletown-overdose-prevention-site-lease-expiry/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #Yaletownoverdosepreventionsite #overdosepreventionVancouver #VancouverCoastalHealth #bctoxicdrugcrisis #VancouverPolitics #OneCityVancouver #BCOpioidCrisis #GuyFelicella #Politics #Yaletown #Health

Global News BC: B.C. coroner says fentanyl the main culprit as 184 people died of toxic drugs in June https://globalnews.ca/news/9842676/bc-coroner-june-drug-deaths-fentanyl/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #bctoxicdrugcrisis #BCoverdosecrisis #toxicdrugcrisis #DrugdeathsJune #OverdoseCrisis #DrugCrisis #drugdeaths #Fentanyl #Justice #Health #Social

The Tyee: BC Adds 25 New Drug Treatment Beds for Youth https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/21/BC-Adds-New-Drug-Treatment-Youth-Beds/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @tyee@mstdn.ca #MinisterofMentalHealthandAddictionsJenniferWhiteside #B.C.MinistryofMentalHealthandAddictions #CoalitionofPeersDismantlingtheDrugWar #BCCentreonSubstanceUseGuyFelicella #SarahBellBCChildren’sHospital #BCMedicalServicesPlan #BCtoxicdrugcrisis #MarthaIgnaszewski #PheonixSociety #KaliSedgemore #TheBreach

Global News BC: B.C. addictions doctor raises concerns about safer supply as minister offers reassurance https://globalnews.ca/news/9723314/bc-doctor-concerns-safer-supply/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #mentalhealthandaddictions #BCsafesupplyprogram #bctoxicdrugcrisis #illicitdrugdeaths #BCoverdosecrisis #Toxicdrugdeaths #BCOpioidCrisis #hydromorphone #BChealthcare #OpioidCrisis #safesupply #Dilaudid #Health

Global News BC: Innovative program helps B.C. patients with overdose-related brain injuries https://globalnews.ca/news/9723833/bc-program-aids-brain-injured-overdose-survivors/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #mentalhealthandaddictions #VancouverCoastalHealth #bctoxicdrugcrisis #illicitdrugdeaths #JenniferWhiteside #BCoverdosecrisis #toxicdrugsupply #BCOpioidCrisis #Health

The Tyee: Sex Workers on Making Their Lives Better (in News) https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/04/Sex-Workers-Making-Lives-Better/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @tyee@mstdn.ca #NationalInquiryintoMissingandMurderedIndigenousWomenandGirls #CityofVancouver’sEmergencyCommunitySupportFund #VancouverPoliceDepartment #WISHDrop-inCentreSociety #Canadasexworkerrights #BCDisabilitysupport #BCtoxicdrugcrisis #sexworkersrights #SylviaMachatUBC #DTESsexworkers #PEERSVictoria #BCsexworkers #PACESociety

The Tyee: Indigenous People Bear the Brunt of the Toxic Drug Crisis (in News) https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/04/24/Indigenous-People-Bearing-Brunt-Toxic-Drugs/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @tyee@mstdn.ca #Indigenousdrugoverdose #GrandChiefDougKelly #BCtoxicdrugcrisis #KatieHughesFNHA #Dr.KelseyLouie #Dr.NelWieman #RichardJock

The Tyee: Shutting Down Cannabis Compassion Clubs Hurts Patients and the Public (in Opinion) https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/04/20/Shutting-Cannabis-Clubs-Hurts-Public/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @tyee@mstdn.ca #HealthCanadamedicinalmarijuana #Canadacannabiscompassionclub #VictoriaCannabisBuyersClub #Canadianmedicalmarijuana #CannabisCultureVancouver #Cannabisfederalexception #CityofVictoriacannabis #BCtoxicdrugcrisis #R.v.ParkerOntario #BCcannabis

Global News BC: Parents, politicians call for care, compassion on 7th anniversary of B.C. overdose crisis https://globalnews.ca/news/9626011/bc-overdose-crisis-7th-anniversary-richmond/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #BCoverdosecrisisanniversary #mentalhealthandaddictions #bctoxicdrugcrisis #BCoverdosecrisis #Toxicdrugdeaths #toxicdrugsupply #OpioidCrisis #Drugusers #Fentanyl #Naloxone #Health

Global News BC: Former B.C. paramedic gives advice on the 7th anniversary of the overdose crisis https://globalnews.ca/news/9624853/bc-paramedic-gives-advice-anniversary-overdose-crisis/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #BCEmergencyHealthServices #mentalhealthandaddictions #BCpublichealthemergency #bctoxicdrugcrisis #BCoverdosecrisis #Toxicdrugdeaths #BCParamedics #OpioidCrisis #Politics #Fentanyl #Health

Global News BC: B.C. marks 7th anniversary of overdose emergency with grim record statistics https://globalnews.ca/news/9622592/overdose-emergency-7th-anniversary-bc/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #bctoxicdrugcrisis #illicitdrugsupply #BCoverdosecrisis #Toxicdrugdeaths #toxicdrugsupply #OpioidCrisis #Politics #Fentanyl #Health

Global News BC: Metro Vancouver, Vancouver Island drug busts net heaps of fentanyl and a stick of dynamite https://globalnews.ca/news/9618389/drug-busts-metro-vancouver-victoria-fentanyl-dynamite/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #CoalHabourdrugbust #bctoxicdrugcrisis #BCorganizedcrime #Langforddrugbust #Richmonddrugbust #Victoriadrugbust #DrugTrafficking #vancouverpolice #OrganizedCrime #WestShoreRCMP #BCdrugtrade #Fentanyl #Crime

Global News BC: Almost 7 lives lost from toxic drugs a day as B.C. overdose deaths surpass 200 for January https://globalnews.ca/news/9534100/b-c-overdose-january/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #overdosedeathstoxicdrugs #BCpublichealthemergency #bctoxicdrugcrisis #BCoverdosecrisis #toxicdrugsupply #OVERDOSEDEATHS #toxicdrugs #Politics #Canada #Health