Garth Mullins

Longtime activist Garth Mullins offers some perspective for young protesters.

The change in policy comes just as British Columbia announced a public health emergency due to drug overdose deaths.

British Columbia prisoners are taking their jailers to court to fight for access to methadone and Suboxone.

Many patients are saying that Methadose doesn’t hold them until their next dose, and it’s causing them to experience withdrawal symptoms.

Last Thursday, the BC Supreme Court ordered Health Canada to stop obstructing prescription heroin for a group of entrenched drug users. This step furthers the legal battle to make access to heroin lawful treatment for qualified patients.

Thanks to Portland Hotel Society, a nonprofit that provides services to people with mental-health and addiction issues, there are two crack-pipe vending machines in Vancouver.

Methadone is about to get ten times stronger in BC. But many patients still don’t know the change is coming, and advocates worry this will lead to overdoses and deaths.