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Eby underscores 'fundamental' disagreement with B.C. chief coroner on safe supply (www.cbc.ca)

submitted 9 months ago by TSG_Asmodeus@lemmy.world to c/britishcolumbia@lemmy.ca

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B.C. Premier David Eby has rebuffed the province's retiring chief coroner's swansong pleas for non-prescription safe supply of drugs, calling it a "fundamental issue'' of disagreement on how to curb the toxic drug crisis.

"I do not believe that the distribution of incredibly toxic opioid drugs without the supervision of a medical professional in British Columbia is the way forward and the way out of the toxic drug crisis,'' Eby told a news conference.

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[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

So it's not just Mike Farnworth who over-rules the public because he disagrees.

This kind of heavy-handed shit is how the oranges lose their lock on the province and the blues win it on some populist trash.

[–] SkepticalButOpenMinded@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago

On the contrary, I suspect that Eby is appeasing public sentiment with this. Unfortunately, a lot of people are still suspicious of safe supply. Conservatives have been the ones criticizing the NDP for being soft on drugs and crime, so I think this is strategic to not give them ammo.