Report calls for fewer barriers to safe supply, expanded take-home naloxone program
After running 14 marathons around ministry of health building, Jessica Michalofsky sees progress
Changes will allow the federal government to join the legal action
Number a small decrease from 192 deaths in July
Number equates to 6.2 deaths per day
Sites up and running in Victoria and Duncan, Port Alberni on its way to do the same
Empty purple chairs represent those lost to the toxic drug supply
Grassroots group teaching naloxone administration and providing place to grieve without stigma
Groups gathered outside the Fairmont Empress in side-by-side calls for action
Money to be distributed throughout Canada for health care costs incurred from opioid damage
April death rates highest in Northern Health and Vancouver Coastal Health
2019 Vancouver study found 30% of participants made safer choices after using take-home test
Courtenay-Alberni MP’s Bill C-216 aimed to legislate health-based approach to substance use
Health Canada nearly halved requested personal possession amount in approval May 31
Personal possession of up to 2.5 grams to be allowed for three years beginning Jan. 31, 2023
Only 22 per cent of excess deaths during research period are directly attributed to COVID-19
When someone overdoses at VANDU, pups Guess and Joy are quick to alert the nearest human