Surrey Union of Drug Users says B.C. Ministry of Health decision is going the wrong direction
The Surrey Union of Drug Users says the B.C. Ministry of Health's recent decision surrounding access to safe supply will cost people's lives.
Patients will now have to travel to a pharmacy to take their medication in front of a health-care worker. "I wish to see a world one day where people are not disposable, where their bodies aren't controlled, and where their dignity is at the centre. We're here in this ugly place where people are becoming more and more disposable in the eyes of society, and that is unacceptable," she said.
The development comes after the Conservative Party of B.C. released a Ministry of Health presentation titled the State of PharmaCare, which was given to 250 RCMP officers. The party said last month the presentation confirms a"worst-case scenario" about pharmaceutical alternatives to opioids being"trafficked provincially, nationally and internationally," as per the report.
2,252 people lost their lives to toxic drugs in B.C. in 2024 Since the public health emergency was first declared in April 2016, over 16,047 have lost their lives in B.C. due to unregulated toxic drugs, the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General said in a February release.
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