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‘And with something like the opioid crisis… the cost of a single mistake is so high’: Louise Coatta

As Whistler sets up its first-ever drug-checking site, local support workers want to open up the conversation around drug use and addiction

With city suffering dozens of deaths every year from toxic drugs, coalition combats demonization of users, calls for easier access to detox

From the future of the overdose prevention site, to safer supply, to shíshálh Nation’s response – here’s just some of how the Coast is coping with the crisis.

Every siren signals another possible overdose in Coquitlam as local firefighters, moms, health-care workers and advocates respond to B.C.'s toxic drug crisis.

The Northern Health region had the highest rate of overdose deaths per capita in 2022.