Premier declined on Tuesday to comment on media reports that a $1-billion package focused onaddictions treatment went before treasury board last week
Premier David Eby declined on Tuesday to comment on media reports that a $1-billion package focused on addictions treatment went before Treasury Board last week, but said his government and the B.C. Liberals are “on side” when it comes to the goal of getting people into treatment.
“I was happily surprised to see the B.C. Liberals come out with their proposal to build a strong public health-care system around mental health and addiction — I think that’s great news,” Eby said at a news conference Tuesday. “I don’t believe that addiction, mental-health struggles that people are having should be a partisan issue and I was very glad to see the B.C. Liberals come on side and to shift their position that way.
In 2017, in response to the drug-overdose crisis, Edgewood, with a treatment centre in Nanaimo and others across Canada, offered free treatment to one person addicted to opioids each month over one year. The Vancouver Sun said those seeking treatment for opioid addiction typically stayed in the facility for 65 to 75 days, usually at a cost of $425 per day. The total package was estimated to cost $500,000.
The 105-bed facility serves people with severe dual substance-use and mental-health issues, allowing them to stay up to nine months. The B.C. Coroners Service said 2,272 people died from toxic-drug poisonings in 2022, slightly fewer than the record-breaking 2,306 deaths in 2021.
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