BC Opioid Crisis News

Though the geography comes with natural struggles, Bowen Island has been employing methods which have held the worst of the opioid crisis at bay

The toxic drug crisis has claimed thousands of lives in B.C. including the son of Richmond News’ assistant editor Maria Rantanen.

Facility’s services, including safe-consumption resources and drug testing, have helped save lives, city says

North and West Vancouver are not immune to opioid crisis, says medical health officer

A group told me that they had experienced homelessness and struggled with substance abuse elsewhere, but the OPS and Under One Roof had since helped them tremendously.

‘And with something like the opioid crisis… the cost of a single mistake is so high’: Louise Coatta

Also, 'Not all who wander are lost'.

As Whistler sets up its first-ever drug-checking site, local support workers want to open up the conversation around drug use and addiction

‘When you start feeling accepted as you are, I don't think it can be overstated the impact that can have on someone's psychology,’ says the co-ordinator with the Sea to Sky Community Action Team.

From the future of the overdose prevention site, to safer supply, to shíshálh Nation’s response – here’s just some of how the Coast is coping with the crisis.