Eby downplays Danielle Smith’s safe supply worry after B.C. seizure
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British Columbia Premier David Eby is downplaying concerns raised by his Alberta counterpart Danielle Smith about the diversion of safe supply opioids from B.C.
British Columbia Premier David Eby is downplaying concerns raised by his Alberta counterpart Danielle Smith about the diversion of safe supply opioids from B.C.
Diversion from the system of prescribed safe supply to prevent overdoses is a “serious issue,” Eby said, but the vast majority of drugs in a B.C. police seizure cited by Smith were not from that program.
Prince George RCMP issued a news release Thursday saying thousands of prescription pills and other drugs have been seized in the past three months.
In that release, spokeswoman Cpl. Jennifer Cooper said organized crime groups have been redistributing safe supply and prescription drugs, “some of which are then moved out of British Columbia and resold.”
Police did not immediately respond to requests to clarify how police determine pills were diverted from safe supply or how many of these were among the seizure.
Eby said medical professionals who administer safe supply to drug users monitor for risk and “do everything possible to minimize the risk of diversion.”
He also encouraged police to share any information they have about diverted prescribed alternatives with public health authorities.
“If there is a gap in that process we want to address it right away,” he said.
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