Lack of prescribers in Nanaimo limiting access to safer supply

A VIU nursing professor and member of the Harm Reduction Nurses Association is questioning if the plan to expand the prescribed safer supply program in British Columbia is feasible after the provincial health officer released a review of the program.

NewsMick SweetmanFebruary 5, 2024health, safer supply, drug policy, Drugs, Toxic Drugs

Premier David Eby addresses challenges to Vancouver Island’s economy

Premier David Eby addressed the State of the Island Economic Summit in Nanaimo on Thursday morning, speaking about housing, transportation and the toxic drug crisis.

NewsMick SweetmanOctober 26, 2023David Eby, Ec, Vancouver Island, drug policy, Housing, Highway 4, Nan

Advocates say more overdose prevention sites are needed if public drug use law is enacted

The BC NDP introduced legislation that would prohibit use of illicit drugs in public spaces, but advocates say more overdose prevention sites are needed.

NewsMick SweetmanOctober 7, 2023David Eby, drug policy, NANDU, Pivot Legal Soceity

Nanaimo mayor calls decriminalization a failure

Nanaimo Mayor Leonard Krog says that drug decriminalization in B.C has been a failure as Health Canada bans possession near playgrounds, splashpads and skateparks.