Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Darryl Greer
Publication Date: April 14, 2024 - 17:24
Eight years since B.C. declared public health emergency, toxic drug crisis rages on
April 14, 2024
In the dozen years she’s worked with the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users, executive director Brittany Graham has lost count of the people she’s seen succumb to British Columbia’s toxic drug crisis.Sunday marked eight years to the day since the province declared a public health emergency related to the deadly toxic drug crisis, and Graham said it’s a sombre anniversary as she and others in public health reflect on the thousands of deaths.
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