New guidelines around involuntary care are receiving criticism from those who advocate for drug users and their families ...

A group that has been fighting to improve access to opioid agonist therapy for decades has filed a complaint with the BC ...

While some family doctors or emergency departments will prescribe OAT to patients for free, most family doctors are hesitant ...

British Columbia clinicians have received new guidance about involuntary care for people who use drugs, which includes ...

Haertel grew up in Kamloops and graduated from the culinary program and Thompson Rivers University before moving to Vancouver ...

The guidance from Dr. Daniel Vigo, B.C.'s first chief scientific adviser for psychiatry, is aimed at helping clinicians and others decide when involuntary admission is appropriate for people with both ...

A Campbell River-area First Nation has declared a state of emergency in response to the “escalating” opioid crisis in the ...

Conservative Surrey-Cloverdale MLA Elenore Sturko says the changes do not deal with underlying addiction issues ...

First responders and doctors treating addiction patients have one requirement: believe everyone deserves safety and dignity. ...

Vancouver’s system of temporary shelters may become a permanent part of the city’s plan to address homelessness.

It’s estimated there are around 18,000 people in B.C. who receive occasional involuntary treatment ... use supports that are voluntary.” As for Vigo’s research into what is fuelling the ...