BC Government Rejects Provincial Health Officer’s Call to Expand Safer Supply

Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry speaks in the press theatre at the legislature in Victoria, B.C., on March 10, 2022. The Canadian Press/Chad Hipolito

The B.C. government has rejected a proposal by the provincial health officer to expand the supply of non-prescribed safer supply drugs to address the ongoing overdose crisis in the province.

In a newly released report titled “Alternatives to Unregulated Drugs,” Dr. Bonnie Henry proposed that the province consider allowing access to non-prescribed alternatives to unregulated street drugs.