• June 29: Dr. Brian Conway, addiction, "safe supply," and empty beds in Vancouver detox centres.

  • Jun 29 2024
  • Length: 16 mins
  • Podcast

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June 29: Dr. Brian Conway, addiction, "safe supply," and empty beds in Vancouver detox centres.

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  • A news story which dominated national headlines just weeks ago. The urgency has not ended, nor even diminished, even though it's not a daily topic of discussion now, except among Canadians directly engaged. The issue of drug addiction, the "safer supply (of drugs)" and the sale of 'safer supply' drugs by addicts who received them free to Canadian teens is a national concern, centred in British Columbia. Some of these teens have died of drug overdoses. Now the director of the Vancouver Infectious Diseases Centre, Dr. Brian Conway is drawing attention to the fact of empty beds in detox centres in Vancouver. Guest: Dr. Brian Conway Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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