In this special report, National Post columnist Adam Zivo details how drugs handed out for free are being sold on the black market to fund fentanyl addictions https://nationalpost.com/feature/how-the-liberal-governments-safer-supply-is-fuelling-a-new-opioid-crisis

Regular readers will know that I support harm-reduction strategies to address the horrifying death toll from opioid addictions — notably supervised injection sites and the provision of pharmaceutical-grade alternatives to the potentially fatal mystery-cocktails for sale on the street. Regular readers might also know I support those strategies not as an alternative to treatment or recovery, but as a complement to any other strategies we wish to pursue. For any strategy to

Opinion: Despite B.C.’s many firsts, Alberta has a far lower death rate after prioritizing treatment In 2022 — the seventh year of a public health emergency — the number of British Columbians who died due to the toxic supply of street drugs was the second highest on record, at least 2,272. Among the dead were at least 65 children. 2021 was worse, with a record 2,306 deaths. Over the years,