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Local News UpdateDie-in demands attention to overdose deathsSunday August 31st was International Overdose Awareness Day, and communities across Vancouver Island gathered on Friday August 29th to honour the day. The Village Clinic in Courtenay hosted an event at the Comox Valley Art Gallery, including a “die-in.”
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2025-09-0609 min
Local News UpdateUnsanctioned Overdose Prevention Site served Comox Valley hospital inpatients for five daysOn Monday, January 20th Doctors for Safer Drug Policy, a group of addictions medicine physicians set up an unsanctioned Overdose Prevention Site at North Island Hospital Comox Valley. Overdose Prevention Sites, or OPS for short, are safe spaces where staff trained in overdose prevention and response are able to supervise people using illicit drugs, connect them to care, refer them to treatment, and provide harm reduction supplies such as clean needles. By providing safe and sanitary materials, OPSs also reduce costs on the healthcare system by reducing cases of bloodborne diseases such as HIV and hepatitis C. T...
2025-01-2707 min