New clinical guidance to reduce risk for people during dual health emergencies

March 26, 2020

To help reduce the risks to people who use substances, the Province has announced new clinical guidance, effective immediately, for health-care providers to stem the spread of COVID-19 and respond to the ongoing overdose emergency. The provincial clinical guidance incorporates the federal government’s recent exemptions to the Controlled Drugs and

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Ensuring access to substance use care amid the COVID-19 pandemic

March 19, 2020

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the illness caused by the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, a pandemic. It was declared British Columbia’s second public health emergency – the first being the opioid overdose crisis – this week. People who use drugs often face social and structural challenges like

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