BC Government Rejects Medical Chief Officer’s Call to Expand Safer Supply

Published on July 12, 2024

The B.C. government has rejected a proposal by the provincial health officer to expand non-prescribed safer supply drug programming to address the ongoing overdose crisis in the province. Dr. Bonnie Henry is proposing that the province consider allowing access to non-prescribed alternatives to unregulated street drugs in a newly released report titled “Alternatives to Unregulated Drugs.” The July 11 report describes easier access to non-prescription safer supply drugs as an essential part of addressing the growing problem of drug poisonings and overdose deaths. But Premier David Eby maintains that opioids shouldn’t be distributed without medical supervision, a point Mental Health and Addictions Minister Jennifer Whiteside stressed in response to Dr. Henry’s report....

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