Last week, another one of my clients overdosed. We found his body slumped against the wall next to his bed, an empty syringe still in his arm. I overheard the coroner on the phone...
It is encouraging that the frequency of overdose deaths is finally receiving media attention, but discussing it as a "fentanyl crisis" is an oversimplification.
While there is no excuse for such blatant discrimination, it should be acknowledged that police are being placed in an impossible situation by the City of Victoria.
