Brandon Sun By: Camille Bains, The Canadian Press Posted: Last Modified: 7:09 PM CDT Thursday, Jul. 15, 2021 Save to Read Later VANCOUVER - British Columbia's mental health and addictions minister has announced a new policy that will expand access to safer prescription drugs for people at risk of overdose and death from toxic substances, without expecting them to enter treatment. Paramedic specialists Brian Twaites and David Hilder of B.C. Ambulance debrief after responding to a drug overdose in downtown Vancouver, Wednesday, June 23, 2021. British Columbia will provide safer prescription drugs to people at risk of overdose and death from toxic substances, without expecting them to enter treatment. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward