Nanaimo’s Travis Baker earns $2.5-million grant for research at Rutgers University-Newark
St. Paul’s sees a high volume of patients suffering from mental health crises and drug poisonings
Length of support also expanding from 30 to 90 days
Mo Korchinski of Alouette Addictions wants government to fight overdoses like it fought COVID
Chris Lamoureux about to begin studying to be peer support worker
Women’s residential care in Interior, day programs in North
Minister Sheila Malcolmson of Mental Health and Addictions says the government is working ‘as hard as we can’ to build a system of care for youths
Of it, $152 million will be used to address the opioid crisis and see the creation of 195 new substance use treatment beds
New Food for the Soul non-profit operator says they are trouble-shooting issues
‘Research has shown when families are involved in a patient’s care they typically have greater success’
Dakota Johnny and Stephen Vickets are residents of Foundation House
Widespread job losses and more homelessness due to physical distancing at shelters have added hurdles
Dale Hardy and his Social Justice 12 class completed study on why more men than women die from opioids