RCMP Seizes Gov’t-Funded ‘Safer Supply’ Drugs in 2 Busts, Says It’s an ‘Alarming Trend’

RCMP Seizes Gov’t-Funded ‘Safer Supply’ Drugs in 2 Busts, Says It’s an ‘Alarming Trend’
Drugs seized during busts in Prince George, B.C., as announced by the RCMP on March 7, 2024. Courtesy of RCMP
Tara MacIsaac
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The RCMP have seized more than 10,000 prescription pills—many of them government-funded “safer supply” pills—as part of recent drug busts in Prince George, B.C.

Mounties also seized 3,500 pills, with evidence they were diverted from safer supply programs, during a Vancouver Island bust last month. In both cases, safer supply pills were found alongside illicit drugs such as fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamine in both busts.