Eyes Wide Open
The provincial government has taken another step to protect postsecondary students from illicit and potentially lethal drugs. The BC government...
overdose crisis
BC Sees More than 1700 Lives Lost in 2020 due to Toxic Illicit Drugs
2021 marks the fifth year in a row that the provincial government has declared a public health emergency due to illicit drug toxicity. The BC...
Small Deaths
“More than 1,420 people died of illicit-drug overdoses in BC in 2017, the ‘most tragic year ever.’” – CBC News Death is an ant under your shoe, the...
How to talk about substance use
According to BC Coroners Service, 1,449 people died from illicit-substance overdoses in British Columbia in 2017. Compare that to the average of 206...