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The Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island will soon be home to British Columbia’s next pilot project delivering a “safe supply†of drugs to people with addictions. The move comes as the region grapples both with COVID-19, and a wave of overdose fatalities, including among youth. Last Thursday, the BC Coroners Service reported 175 people had died of suspected drug overdoses in June, the province’s highest-ever monthly death toll.
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