Safe consumption at the forefront of combating overdose crisis, says PM globalnews.ca

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau he and the new British Columbia premier say david abby Ways to combat the “terrible” drug poisoning epidemic were told.

Trudeau told a crowd in Richmond, B.C., where he and Abby talked about investing in child care, that they are working with provincial governments to ensure science and data are used to combat the pandemic. Huh.

The BC Coroners Service says more than 1,800 people died of illicit drug overdoses in the first 10 months of this year, while nearly 10,700 people have died since the province declared a health emergency in April 2016.

Trudeau called the opposition Conservative leader’s recent video “incredibly ignorant,” referring to Pierre Poilievre’s claim that a safe supply of drugs for addiction is a failed experiment.

The AB says the province has an important partnership with the federal government in trying to separate people from those selling toxic drugs.

The premier says a new model of care that B.C. announced last week will allow someone recovering from an overdose to go straight from the emergency room to detox and treatment.

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