Project that kept more drug-addicted patients in treatment expands across B.C.

An 18-month pilot project is being expanded across British Columbia after more than double the number of drug-addicted people stayed in treatment to stop them from fatally overdosing.
The initiative, led by the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS and Vancouver Coastal Health, uses the same strategy that helped drive down the province’s HIV and AIDS rates.
Dr. Rolando Barrios, the centre’s senior medical director, says it involves tracking patients who don’t show up for appoint