Four New Safer Drug Supply Projects to Launch in BC

published on February 1, 2021 by Moira Wyton in The Tyee

A first-of-its kind safer supply clinic in Vancouver’s downtown will begin to offer flexible, individual-centred care to people who use a variety of substances as early as this spring.

The $5-million, four-year Safer Alternatives for Emergency Response program was one of four B.C. safer supply projects to share $15 million, the federal government announced today.

The projects will provide pharmaceutical-grade medication as an alternative to the poisoned illicit supply.

“This can help not only Vancouver Coastal Health, not only B.C., but the rest of the country in identifying new models for preventing overdose deaths,” said Coastal Health chief medical officer Dr. Patricia Daly…