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Opioid Crisis
VIDEO: Kamloops needle buyback program helps protect addicts’ privacy
KAMLOOPS – What started off as an initiative to clean up used sharps and needles…
Kamloops council concerned with Interior Health hesitancy to support needle buyback
KAMLOOPS – Interior Health's lack of support for needle buyback programs was a hot topic…
Kamloops addiction centre turns to drug users for new ways to tackle overdose crisis
KAMLOOPS – The Phoenix Centre in Kamloops is looking to survey 300 people who have…
Overdose death rate holding steady within Interior Health Authority
Deaths from suspected fatal illicit drug overdoses across the province were down 23 per cent…
McDONALD: How many have died waiting for changes to addictions treatment in B.C.?
I don’t know much about Brandon Jansen's life but I can tell you all about…
B.C. Coroner recommends much closer regulation, control of drug treatment centres during opioid crisis
Closer regulation and control of drug and alcohol recovery houses and rehabilitation centres, as well…
Public warned of possible presence of powerful opioid carfentanil in Vernon
VERNON – Drug users are being warned about the possible presence of the potent opioid…
Fatal overdose numbers in the Interior on par with last year: Interior Health
As the overdose crisis enters its third year in B.C., people are continuing to die…
Kelowna mom who lost two sons to overdose calls for mandatory prescription tracking
KELOWNA – If a system that’s already in place across B.C. had been used, Helen…
Community groups to decide how best to spend up to $100,000 in funding for overdose response in Vernon
VERNON – People with lived experience in the opioid overdose crisis will be among those…
Chief medical health officer faces grim 2017 overdose numbers for Interior Health
After another year of ghastly overdose statistics for the Interior Health Authority in 2017, the…
Overdose action teams to hit the streets in Kelowna, Kamloops and Vernon
Three Interior cities are amongst the hardest hit in the province by the ongoing opioid…
Overdose warning stemmed from fatal overdoses across Interior: Chief medical health officer
THOMPSON OKANAGAN – After nine fatal overdoses in the Interior Health region, an overdose warning…
Spike in suspected overdoses prompts warning from Interior Health
Interior Health is sounding the alarm for drug users after a big spike in suspected…
“No good news from the coroner,” Interior Health officials update regional directors on opioid crisis
PENTICTON – The severity of the region’s opioid crisis was brought home to regional directors…
UBCO professor looks at tropical plant as possible tool against opioid addiction
KELOWNA – A drug with the otherworldly name of kratom may be a valuable tool…
Woman behind scuttled Penticton addiction recovery centre not giving up
PENTICTON – Michelle Jansen says she’s not giving up her efforts to establish a privately…
McDONALD: Time to get serious about harm reduction during fentanyl crisis
OPINION Great news! The B.C. Coroner says only three people died of overdose in Kelowna…
Home drug testing not a simple solution in opioid overdose fight
If fentanyl-laced drugs are killing people, a simple solution would be to offer a cheap…
Illicit drug overdoses on the rise in the South Okanagan in 2017
PENTICTON – The South Okanagan has not been excluded from the opioid crisis in B.C.,…
Old school tool used to fight opioid overdose crisis in the Interior Health Authority
The opioid crisis that’s killing dozens of people across the Interior Health Authority is relatively…
Overdose crisis putting pressure on Kelowna funeral homes
KELOWNA – Front-line social service workers and emergency room staff aren’t the only ones seeing…
Overdose numbers frustrating for Kelowna city councillors
KELOWNA – A clearly rattled city council heard from the Interior Health Authority Monday afternoon…
Why West Kelowna and Penticton are never mentioned in overdose numbers
OKANAGAN – This is a short list you really don’t want to make. Both West…