Drug users plead for doctors, pharmacists to adhere to new guidelines
As British Columbians mark four weeks of COVID-19 isolating Tuesday, the province‘s addiction community marks a deadlier four-year anniversary.
It’s a dark day on the calendar, marking April 14, 2016, the day Victoria declared a public health emergency as the number of opioid fatalities began rising in B.C.
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Medication is restricted to oral doses and excludes prescription injectable heroin, which continues to be offered to some 100 patients at the Downtown Eastside’s Crosstown Clinic.
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