VANCOUVER — British Columbia Premier David Eby is downplaying concerns raised by his Alberta counterpart Danielle Smith about the diversion of safe supply opioids from B.C.
Diversion from the system of prescribed safe supply to prevent overdoses is a"serious issue," Eby said, but the vast majority of drugs in a B.C. police seizure cited by Smith were not from that program.
Police did not immediately respond to requests to clarify how police determine pills were diverted from safe supply or how many of these were among the seizure. "Alberta has been warning for years that diversion of high-potency opioids from these programs could be diverted and trafficked across Canada, potentially causing irreparable harm and death in communities across the country," Smith said in the statement.
B.C. provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry released a review of prescribed safer supply programs in B.C. in December.
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