A more realistic response must treat drug use as a public-health emergency, with stronger harm reduction, overdose prevention, treatment access, and honest recognition that synthetic drugs have changed the rules.

The same day the coroner confirmed 150 people died from toxic drug overdoses in BC in October, the province flushed out details of its next step in battling the crisis. Josie Osborne, BC Health Minister: "Helping to separate people from the illicit drug supply."