St. Paul's opens overdose prevention site in tent outside hospital

St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver has set up the first overdose prevention site at a hospital in B.C., as new figures show an ever-increasing rise in overdose deaths from illicit drugs.
It is also the first overdose prevention site to be located outside the Downtown Eastside, within the boundaries of the Vancouver Coastal Health region.
As the overdose crisis has fleshed out and spread across Vancouver, a need arose for a site serving the West End and Granville corridor, said Scott&nbs