Kanada. BC Enters 10th Year of Overdose Crisis, as It Shutters Harm Reduction Policies
Kanada. BC Enters 10th Year of Overdose Crisis, as It Shutters Harm Reduction Policies
As people gathered in Vancouver’s Victory Square on April 14 to mark nine years since British Columbia declared the overdose crisis a public health emergency, an ambulance blaring its siren sped by. It may not have been a moment of silence, Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU) president Dave Hamm told the crowd, but it was a “pointed moment.”
From Victory Square everyone marched westward for a teach-in at Canada Place, which houses the Vancouver offices for senior elected officials in government. The rally was organized by VANDU, the Surrey Union of Drug Users (SUDU) and the Coalition of Peers Dismantling the Drug War. (Filter, USA, 16.04.2025)
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