BC Opioid Crisis News

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

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

With city suffering dozens of deaths every year from toxic drugs, coalition combats demonization of users, calls for easier access to detox

‘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.

Every siren signals another possible overdose in Coquitlam as local firefighters, moms, health-care workers and advocates respond to B.C.'s toxic drug crisis.

'It’s not a matter of willpower; it’s a matter of life and death.'

Here are the services — and gaps in service — for people who need immediate help for substance use and opioid addiction in Squamish.