{"id":4613,"date":"2019-04-18T14:16:48","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T22:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drugpolicy.ca\/?p=4613\/"},"modified":"2020-04-16T14:07:42","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T22:07:42","slug":"national-day-of-action-on-the-overdose-crisis-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.drugpolicy.ca\/fr\/national-day-of-action-on-the-overdose-crisis-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"National Day of Action on the Overdose Crisis 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Three years after a public health emergency was called in British Columbia, the need and urgency to end the drug war is more pressing than it has ever been. The Public Health Agency of Canada recently released a grim statistic: more than ten thousand people in Canada have died from fatal overdose in under three years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Members of Moms Stop the Harm<\/a> are all too familiar with the pain of loss. They came to the National Day of Action on the Overdose Crisis to remember their loved ones and fight for policy reform. At the heart of this crisis is a simple answer that remains painfully out of reach: a safe supply of drugs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hundreds of people gathered at 10:30 a.m. outside of Insite, North America\u2019s first sanctioned supervised injection site, for the National Day of Action. A band welcomed the crowd as people brought floats and carried signs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The tragedy touches all corners of society and attracted people from across the province. Similar events were happening in other provinces as well.<\/p>\n\n\n