The British Columbia Conservative Party has pledged to combat the province's toxic-drug crisis by expanding access to treatment and recovery services while reversing some harm-reduction policies enacted by the current NDP government. However, many of the Conservative promises closely resemble ongoing NDP initiatives, drawing criticism from the Green Party and health experts who argue the plan offers simplistic solutions for a complex issue.
British Columbia’s Conservatives have pledged to combat the province’s toxic-drug crisis by expanding access to treatment and recovery services, while scraping some harm-reduction policies introduced under the incumbent NDP .
As well, Mr. Rustad said his party would reduce wait times for voluntary addiction treatment, and introduce maximum wait-time standards for mental-health care. In 2022/23, the median number of days between a client referral and the start of bed-based treatment and recovery service was 31.25, according to the Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions.– resulting in long wait times and high drop-out rates – because of a shortage of addiction-trained physicians and nurses to staff them.
The Conservatives would also end the province’s prescribed alternatives program, which aims to lessen or sever a person’s reliance on the toxic, illicit drug supply by providing them with pharmaceutical alternatives, an intervention commonly referred to as “safer supply.” As of August, 3,945 people were prescribed an alternative, most of whom received an opioid.
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