In Question Period, Ginette Petitpas Taylor also dodged the Vancouver Kingsway MP's suggestion that she do something about the poisoned street supply of drugs.
The latest Health Canada data on overdose deaths shows the problem that began in B.C. continues to intensify in other areas of the county and suggests there’s no end to the crisis in sight.
Nearly half of police-involved deaths in B.C. recorded from 2013 to 2017 involved an addictions issue and roughly 66 percent concerned someone struggling with a mental-health challenge, a death review panel's analysis has found.
A Langford physician, Dr. Elizabeth Wiley, has highlighted the connections between extreme weather events and posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, grief, substance use disorders, and suicidal ideation.
