Thread by @SoniaFurstenau

The Coroner’s Death Review Panel announced that from August of 2017 to July of 2021, over 6,000 people died from our toxic illicit drug market.

They've declared #safesupply as the first priority for people who use drugs, calling on the @bcndp to implement by May 9th. 1/ #bcpoli

These were preventable deaths if we had the right policy tools in place like #safesupply. This crisis intersects with our mental health crisis, our housing crisis, and our affordability crisis. 2/ #bcpoli

The supply of street drugs is getting deadlier, it is killing younger people, and it’s hitting everyone - those with substance use disorder, and those who use drugs recreationally. 3/ #bcpoli #safesupply

Researchers, advocates, and experts know #safesupply is the way to stabilize the deadly illicit drug supply.

Month after month, and year after year, the call is the same. It's heartbreaking to watch the consistent message be ignored by this gov't, while the death rate climbs. 4/

This gov't talks of stigma as a barrier, but we have #safesupply in BC.

Alcohol is regulated. Tylenol is regulated. Marijuana is regulated. It is a matter of political will to introduce non-medicalized safe supply. 5/ #bcpoli

It is becoming impossible to not wonder who in this @bcndp gov't is resisting this necessary harm reduction approach to an increasingly deadly crisis.

May 9th is the deadline - I will be following this government’s actions closely and holding them to that timeline. 6/6 #bcpoli