New study backs B.C. harm reduction measures

A new study has found that take-home naloxone helped to prevent 78 per cent of potential fatal overdoses from 2019 to 2024.
The report looks at widespread take-home naloxone use and how it averted the majority of potential opioid poisoning deaths in B.C. during that time period. Naloxone is a fast-acting medication that’s used to temporarily reverse the effects of opioid overdoses.
The take-home naloxone program was established in 2012 by the B.C. Centre for Disease Control to provide nalo