A group of Canadian physicians who care for people who use substances and advocate for safer, more compassionate, evidence-based healthcare policies.
Doctors for Safer Drug Policy
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This will continue to get worse until a safe supply is accessible to all who need it.
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VicPD were made aware of the allegation against Kayiatos in April 2025, according to chief Fiona Wilson. Kayiatos continued to work until he was suspended with pay in May 2026.
It was a beautiful sunny day to come together in community and solidarity with our unhoused neighours. As the city steps up sweeps - no matter what it calls them - we're trying to "provide the services that the city should be providing in these circumstances."
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Doctors for Safer Drug Policy
Doctors for Safer Drug Policy
“Government will swear up and down they’ve got more beds, a new phone line, whatever. They tell us all the things they’re doing. And I tell them that whatever it is that they’re doing, it’s not stopping the deaths.”
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The government's #1 responsibility is to not get in the way of the people having what they need to stay alive.
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"We're trying to blunt some of that risk and, in our view, essentially provide the services that the city should be providing in these circumstances."
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“Packages of the size that they’re talking about are not really large enough to be taking on the people they’re implying it for, but they are the size of people who are just trying to get access to the safest supply that they can."
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Dr. Bonnie Larson: "As a physician, I consider SCS a gold-star public health intervention. It does exactly what it is designed to do with 100 per cent efficacy. Despite such success in saving lives, the UCP has been intent on shuttering Safeworks."
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Outreach workers and many of the people living on Pandora Avenue support efforts to clean the block, but they say it could discourage people from using critical services in the area, including the sup...
The fire chief of Penticton, B.C., says overdose calls have skyrocketed in recent months as a new drug has emerged in the small South Okanagan community. The demand is stretching fire department resou...
