Drug Abuse
BC’s drug crisis: Why everyone talks about ‘stigma’
Is stigma something the province should be fighting when it comes to battling the drug…
Understanding treatment and recovery services offered by Interior Health
As many individuals struggle with mental health and substance use issues, the province, through Interior…
Why the drug crisis is much more visible in Okanagan, Kamloops than out east
The illicit drug crisis is something people in communities throughout British Columbia rub shoulders with…
No jail for Vernon man’s botched gas station robbery
A 57-year-old Vernon man won't do jail time for his botched attempt to rob a…
Interior Health announces new ‘compassionate’ substance abuse treatment
Interior Health is expanding a substance use treatment program with a new method designed to…
Kelowna moms joins North American social media campaign to end war on drugs
Addiction knows no borders, so a group of local mothers who have lost children to…
Merritt man wants to turn a new leaf after his release from prison
KAMLOOPS – A Merritt man who says he's struggled with drugs all of his life…
Toxic heroin a dangerous new trend in Kelowna
KELOWNA – The Fentanyl-laced heroin that killed two people in Vernon this week is also…
Kamloops mother wants to see social stigma around drug use fade after son dies of overdose
KAMLOOPS – The mother of a son lost to an overdose in Kamloops says a…