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New data from the BC Centre for Disease Control indicates illicit drug toxicity outpaces all other causes of death for British Columbians ages 10-18.

Supports offered by the Foundry centres include mental health and addiction counselling, physical and sexual health care, peer support and social services for those aged 12 to 24.

Vancouvers new youth outreach team looks in tents and SROs for homeless teens, and tries to connect them with services.

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On Sept. 8, they announced that they are extending their Toxic Drugs are Circulating Campaign into the fall to help spread that awareness.

COVID-19: Two-thirds of B.C. youth struggling with mental health during the pandemic, new research shows New research by B.C. Childrens Hospital shows two-thirds of children in B.C. reported having mood swings, anxiety or suicidal thoughts during the pandemic, up from just one-third before the arrival of COVID-19. Author of the article: Lori Culbert Publishing date: Apr 24, 2021  •  3 hours ago  •  8 minute read Lana is struggling with her mental health since the pandemic began....

Enhancements over three years include $748 million to expand urgent and primary care centres — of which there are 23 so far — and reduce surgery wait times made worse by the pandemic, as well as diagnostic services, and $585 million to hire about 3,000 new care aides. That’s a “really significant” and necessary investment, said Mike Old, interim secretary-business manager for the Hospital Employees’ Union, which represents about 50,000 health workers, including more than 15,000 ca...

Article content The provincial budget promises $500 million in new spending over three years to help people struggling with mental health problems during the pandemic and those battling addictions during the overdose crisis, calling it the largest spending of its kind in B.C. history. “The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of mental health, including the challenges faced by youth, as well as the damaging impacts of the ongoing overdose crisis,” the budget says. We apologize, ...

“Through Budget 2021, we are accelerating and expanding programs put in place to respond to the overdose crisis. Our plan delivers a wide spectrum of substance-use treatment and recovery services, including more funding for addictions treatment,” said BC Finance Minister Selina Robinson in her budget speech. “Many of the emergency measures brought in during the pandemic to help keep people alive are now permanent.” APTH sets aside $330 million for substance abuse and overdose emergenc...

That includes $330 million for treatment and recovery services for substance users, $152 million of which is dedicated to opioid treatment. Robinson says emergency overdose prevention supports introduced during the pandemic will become permanent, such as the operation of new supervised consumption sites, Assertive Community Treatment teams and additional nursing supports. The budget includes $75 million over three years to improve access to mental health services, including $53 million to exp...