10 Years of Overdose Crisis: Demanding Regulated Drugs

Ten years into BCs overdose crisis, marked by a public health emergency, over eighteen thousand lives lost, and a peak of two thousand five hundred ninety deaths in 2023. Mothers like Jane McCormick, whose son Jeff would be forty, are advocating for regulated drugs to protect users. Indigenous people and women face higher death rates, while construction workers make up twenty percent of recent fatalities. Experts blame prohibition for blocking harm reduction programs. Today, events in Victoria and Vancouver call for regulation and expanded access to end this preventable cycle.

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