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A crisis situation has embroiled in British Columbia as emergency officials encounter over thirteen British Columbians deaths due to illicit drug overdoses on Thursday, including nine from the City of Vancouver alone. In his response to the situation, Vancouver’s mayor Gregor Robertson urged for more treatment options.
The city’s police chief, Adam Palmer, explained that Vancouver has averaged about 15 fatal overdoses a month so far this year so now the authorities are investigating 160 deaths as of Nov. 30. In a joint news conference held on Friday by Mayor Robertson and Chief Palmer, both lauded efforts to expand life-saving harm-reduction services such as supervised-injection sites. However, the duo highlighted that there’s also need for the provincial government to invest in significant longer-term treatment options. Chief Palmer explained that “we want better co-ordination and proper resourcing to ensure that detox and treatment help is available right away,” adding that “we want a long-term health plan that does more than just revive people temporarily and sends them back into the streets to continue with their addiction. We want treatment on demand.”
Sharing a story of Constable Linda Malcolm, Chief Palmer elucidated that “she began looking for a detox facility; however, there was nothing available,” adding that “officer Malcolm was told space would not be available for nine days. Nine days. You lose the window to help within hours. Nine days is an eternity.”
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