BC Government Plans to Offer ‘Safe’ Fentanyl for Minors and Adults

Pink, heart-shaped fentanyl-laced pills, pressed to look like candy seized in Lynn, Massachusetts by the FBI’s North Shore Gang Task Force, Nov. 2023. Courtesy of Department of Justice

British Columbia is working on a plan to offer a “safe” supply of fentanyl to adults and minors.

Last summer, a joint report “Fentanyl Tablet: Prescribed Safer Supply Protocols,” was developed in collaboration with the provincial government, the British Columbia Centre on Substance Abuse, and a non-profit group called PHS Community Services Society.