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New drop-in addiction recovery centre opens in North Vancouver
At the North Shore Junction, clients can access services like counselling and relapse prevention without…
Where to get your drugs tested
https://www.fraserhealth.ca/Service-Directory/Services/mental-health-and-substance-use/drug-checking—fourier-transform-infrared-spectrometers-ftir Find out what’s in your drugs. Drug checking is a harm reduction service. It…
B.C. gov’t expands addictions care
https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/07/22/bc-addictions-model-expansion/ Speaking at a press event Monday, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions Jennifer Whiteside…
Prohibition is Killing People. Regulating Drugs is the Way Out
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/07/10/Prohibition-Killing-People-Regulating-Drugs-Way-Out Kora DeBeck and Perry Kendall 10 Jul 2024The Conversation Should heroin and cocaine be legally available to…
The Tri-Cities’ homeless challenges are “predictable”
https://www.tricitynews.com/local-news/predictable-coquitlam-mla-says-of-tri-cities-homelessness-9229670 Tri-City News StaffJul 16, 2024 10:05 PM The Tri-Cities’ homeless challenges are “predictable,” says…
Help Starts Here
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‘Building connection’: Man on addiction recovery journey shares path to healing
By Daisy Woelk Global News Posted June 12, 2024 2:00 pm Updated June 12, 2024 5:20 pm…
June is Men’s Mental Health Month
Posted on June 10, 2024 une is Men’s Mental Health Month. Over the last few…
New chief coroner seeks to use data to shine a light on B.C.’s deaths
Cindy E. HarnettJan 6, 2025 11:41 PM https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/new-chief-coroner-seeks-to-use-data-to-shine-a-light-on-bcs-deaths-10009850?_cldee=jQ-8aI9hI6Ry-xd1Ig6e4OATOl0acSaEkEXOnnxhnHON2JUvFOxm1PIcEcslWYbL&recipientid=contact-68ab2b49ceb4ed11b596000d3a09c3d2-427f7ab46fe54358b8ee0d1f13d50452&esid=cd74dced-07cd-ef11-8ee9-002248aeff4a B.C.’s new coroner, Dr. Jatinder (Taj) Baidwan,…
Lessons from a Purple Sports Car, Two Grieving Parents and the Painful Stigma Around Substance Use
It’s easy to judge people who use drugs — until our children overdose. Here are…
1400 purple flags to mark 8th anniversary of toxic drug crisis
Note – there was a typo in the number of flags put out. The Tri-Cities…
Black Balloon Day — An Annual Event to Educate the Public About a Deadly Health Threat
Gill McCulloch – Mar 4, 2024 https://medium.com/writers-blokke/black-balloon-day-an-annual-event-to-educate-the-public-about-a-deadly-health-threat-71228efe1e15