Daphne Bramham: A reason for hope in the coroner's analysis of overdose deaths

Buried within a tragic litany of data describing the dead, there is a grain of hope in the coroner’s analysis of 872 investigations into British Columbia’s illicit drug overdose deaths during 2016 and 2017.
It’s hidden within the particularly discouraging statistic that four of every five had been in contact with the health-care system within a year before dying. When they sought help, the system clearly failed them.
But what if we had better-trained doctors, and substance user