Jordan Westfall: Getting us out of the overdose epidemic will require bold action from government

Solutions to B.C.’s overdose epidemic start with the provincial government acting on what it knows to be true: criminalization and current public policies are contributing to every death.
Government policies that regulate illicit drugs have failed. They often leave people in an endless cycle of incarceration, heightened risk of overdose and, all too often, an early death.
B.C.’s street drug markets are contaminated. The well is poisoned. People in British Columbia are dying every sin