opioid crisis
The opioid crisis is an emergency — it’s time for governments to treat it like one
The COVID-19 pandemic has certainly proved that our federal, provincial, and municipal governments are able to act quickly and allot resources to a crisis, with the right amount of political…
Harm reduction is only the beginning for combating the opioid crisis
Society is almost useless when it comes to public policy surrounding drug addictions; frankly, politicians should be partially responsible for the deaths of addicts. There needs to be more thorough…UVSS and UVic partnering on Harm Reduction Centre
If you’ve ever been in the basement of the SUB, you’ve probably walked past the Harm Reduction Centre (HRC) dozens of times without even realizing it. A small grey closet…UVSS Naloxone program continues despite personnel change
At the Dec. 4 UVSS board meeting, Director of Campaigns and Community Relations Anmol Swaich announced that the former leader of the Naloxone training workshop, a university staff member, had…Pop-up art gallery nurtured grief and destroyed stigma surrounding opioid crisis
An awning covered with images of camas, lavender, and Garry oak still hangs over the front door of 821 Fort St., remembering the heARTspace pop-up gallery that lived there from…Lil Peep and fentanyl
What UVic students should know | Earlier in November, 21-year-old Gustav Åhr, also known by his stage name Lil Peep, was finishing up his 20-show Come Over When You’re Sober…The opioid gamble: How fentanyl became B.C.’s leading health crisis
It’s up to 100 times more powerful than morphine, and contributed to 60 per cent of illicit drug deaths in B.C. last year. But why is fentanyl really dangerous? In…Our Digital Print Issue
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