Tackling B.C.’s opioid poisoning crisis with broader access to Naloxone Nasal Spray

We need to better equip young people to deal with toxic-drug overdoses

A B.C. coroner’s inquest makes sensible recommendations that should have already been in place to address a crisis that disproportionately affects young adults

Executive Director of Penticton overdose society announced as new 100 More Homes Co-Chair

The reigns of 100 More Homes are being handed over to the Executive Director of the Penticton and Area Overdose Prevention Society (P+OPS). Desiree Surowski will be taking Linda Sankey's position, who is stepping down to focus on other community pursuits. P+OPS works as a mobile overdose prevention ...

My Son Died of a Fentanyl OD. Congress Can Prevent It from Happening to Others.

One day a few months ago, a box mounted to a light pole appeared in the parking lot of an upscale supermarket we frequent, up in a comfortable and orderly corner of southwest Massachusetts. The box looked like one of those little libraries that dispense weathered James Patterson paperbacks, but it turned out to be dispensing free Narcan kits. The device you use to inject naloxone into a dying addict to save his life.A box containing free Narcan …

Tackling B.C.’s opioid poisoning crisis with broader access to Naloxone Nasal Spray

B.C. Emergency Health Services paramedics responded to 40,543 opioid poisonings in 2024 – an average of 111 calls a day

The future of harm reduction & consent culture with Stacey Forrester

Harm reduction usually gets linked to substance use, but it’s so much bigger than that. In our first conversation with Stacey Forrester, we explored how Good Night Out Vancouver is working with venues and nightlife spaces to shift the culture around safety and accountability. In our second, we looked at how festivals like Bass Coast […] The post The future of harm reduction & consent culture with Stacey Forrester [DMNW Interview] appeared first …