Thousands in B.C. will continue to die until there is a safe drug supply, say advocates
Advocacy groups say the solution to countering B.C.’s leading causing of unnatural death is simple: allow for a safe supply of drugs.
This summer, the Drug User Liberation Front requested an exemption from Health Canada to allow them to run a compassion club and test drugs at a large scale in B.C. Their request was rejected at the end of July, but DULF co-founder Eris Nyx said despite that they’ve been running it illegally since then.
At the end of May, Health Canada did approve a decriminalization exemption request from the B.C. government for the first time in Canadian history. Beginning on Jan. 31 for a three-year trial period, people in B.C. will be allowed to carry up to 2.5 cumulative grams of illicit opioids on them if it is for personal use.
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