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November 2024

Supreme Court rules governments can sue opioid companies together
A landmark Supreme Court ruling lets Canada's governments file a single class-action lawsuit for drug crisis health-care costs
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B.C. orders database destruction after professor presents controversial housing study
The B.C. government instructed an academic to destroy his database after he presented findings on a better way to house substance users
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BC Addictions Expert Questions Ties Between Safer Supply Advocates and For-Profit Companies
By Liam Hunt
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Ottawa "safer supply" clinic criticized by distraught mother
An Ottawa mother, who lost her daughter to addiction, is frustrated by Recovery Care’s failure to help her opioid-addicted son
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Canadian veterans battle invisible wounds of moral injury and addiction
Moral injury, a unique psychological trauma, drives many Canadian veterans to substance use disorders as they struggle with inadequate support
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Alberta closes Red Deer’s only overdose prevention site in favor of recovery model
Alberta’s Minister of Mental Health and Addiction explains the shift from overdose prevention to recovery amid community concerns
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Mother of "safer supply" patient tells parliament program isn’t working
“As soon as [my son] was put on safe supply, he started diverting his safe supply,” said Masha Krupp, an Ottawa-based mother, to Parliament last week.
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October 2024

New documentary exposes safer supply as gateway to teen drug use
In a new documentary, Port Coquitlam teens describe how safer supply drugs are diverted to the streets, contributing to youth drug use
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‘Culture saves lives’: B.C.'s first Indigenous youth detox program launches but faces uncertain future
Orca Lelum's Indigenous youth detox program launches following recent overdose deaths in the community, including artist Joel Good
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A conversation with the Alberta premier’s outgoing chief of staff
Marshall Smith, the architect of Alberta’s recovery-focused drug policies, on what he has learned as an addict and policy leader and what’s next for him
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