'Absolute hell': Toxic drug supply battering B.C.’s small towns
“BC Emergency Health Services responded to at least 40 drug poisoning calls in East Kootenay communities in a single week in January.”
“We’ve seen a huge jump in what we were referring to as ‘tranq dope,’” said a manager at Solid Outreach, which offers harm reduction services on #Vancouver Island.
“Staff didn’t know how to deal with it because it didn’t reverse with naloxone.”
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