safe supply” of drugs to people with addictions.The move comes as the region grapples both with COVID-19, and a wave of overdose fatalities, including among youth.On Thursday, the BC Coroners Service reported 175 people had died of suspected drug overdoses in June, the province’s highest-ever monthly death toll.
Amid record overdose deaths, B.C.’s top doctor calls for decriminalization Cowichan elder Joe Thorne told Global News the community had just laid a 14-year-old girl to rest this week.“It’s causing us to hurt.