Day of Action follows many recent steps taken by drug user communities and harm reduction advocates to share knowledge, increase frontline supports and cope with the grief of losing loved ones as fentanyl helps fuel an overdose crisis

Drug users and their allies are gathering in Vancouver’s Oppenheimer Park at noon today to call for an end to the overdose epidemic that killed 1,038 British Columbians in the last 12 months. The Vancouver rally is one of seven across Canada [including Nanaimo] where participants are calling on the federal government to decriminalize drug possession and work towards legalizing and regulating illicit drugs. Drug users are also calling on the government to include them in making decisions that impact their lives.  Read the rest of this article at The Tyee…