Guy Felicella, a harm reduction advocate from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, says safe consumption sites help reduce the harm around drug use ... reporter for CBC British Columbia.

People who rely on prescription opioids such as hydromorphone must now take those safe supply drugs under the supervision of a pharmacist, in a major about-face by the provincial government ...

MLA Elenore Sturko is a former cop who says 'safe ... in 2020, British Columbia attempted to tackle the problem, becoming the first jurisdiction in the world to launch a safer opioid supply ...

VICTORIA — The New Democrats halted the free and easy distribution of safer-supply drugs this week ... there is widespread diversion of safe supply drugs.” In short, NDP policy amounted ...

A BC Conservative MLA has described the "unsurmountable" price paid by her family in the province's toxic drug crisis, which she said had claimed the lives of two of her brothers.

Health Minister Josie Osbourne said they know people have benefited from these prescribed alternatives, which were first introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic.

VICTORIA — British Columbia Health Minister Josie ... Columbians about the impact of the safer-supply program, which Conservative public safety critic Elenore Sturko said had led to "publicly funded ...

The announcement Wednesday from Health Minister Josie Osborne and Public Safety Minister ... that is laced with toxic drugs. The acknowledgment of diversion of safer supply is a notable shift ...

The BC government’s latest effort to address the diversion of taxpayer-funded opioids into the hands of drug dealers falls far short of solving a problem that heavily impacts Prince George and the ...

The transaction was effected by way of a three-cornered amalgamation under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) whereby Safe Supply amalgamated with a ... for detecting illicit substances ...

VICTORIA — British Columbia Health ... impact of the safer-supply program, which Conservative public safety critic Elenore Sturko said had led to "publicly funded drug trafficking." ...

She died of a fentanyl overdose, and when they cleaned out her room afterwards, they found a bunch of diverted safe ... 2020, British Columbia attempted to tackle the problem, becoming the first ...