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Ben Perrin
@profbenperrin
UBC law professor; author "Indictment: The Criminal Justice System on Trial" (coming Oct. 2023) "Overdose: Heartbreak and Hope in Canada's Opioid Crisis" (2022)
Jun 2, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Unregulated drug deaths began skyrocketing while @PierrePoilievre was in PM Harper's Cabinet

Why? Shift to illicit fentanyl spurred by the "crack down" on pharmaceuticals (e.g. Oxycontin) and "war on drugs" disruptions/seizures

Since then, the genie has been out of the bottle Image BC declared the unregulated drug crisis on April 6, 2016. Here's the data that shows the surge of deaths from 2009-2015.

news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2016H… Image
Apr 17, 2020 • 29 tweets • 8 min read
Tune in now to watch Part 1 of the "Overdose" virtual book launch!

Hearing from Shelda Castor on how Indigenous people are affected by the #opioidcrisis:

"People aren't listening to them."