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Dr. Sandra Allison & VIHA Men's Harm Reduction

/ 106.9 The Wolf
May 10, 2021 | 8:48 AM
A conversation with Dr. Sandra Allison about Island Health’s initiative aimed at preventing overdose deaths among within Vancouver Island Health Authority’s region. This campaign targets men who are using drugs alone and encourages them to follow safe use methods, and if they are ready recovery options.
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Toxic drug supply leads to increased overdoses on Vancouver Island

Posted: May 06, 2021 9:57 PM PT | Last Updated: May 7
The Island Health Authority is targeting men who use drugs alone in a new outreach campaign to try to prevent overdose deaths. (BC Emergency Health Services/Contributed )
The Island Health Authority is warning residents, particularly people who use drugs, about the increased number of overdoses on Vancouver Island in recent weeks, including the suspected overdose death of a 12-year-old girl in Langford, B.C.
On April 22, Island Health issued an
advisory about an increase in overdoses throughout the region. Officials say the advisory remains in place.
We remain incredibly worried around the state of this toxic drug poisoning crisis. It is worse than it s been before, Medical Health Officer Dr. Sandra Allison told ....

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Toxic illicit drugs deadly for men in trades

Island Health has launched a campaign to prevent toxic illicit drug deaths and deconstruct the silence and shame around men using drugs. Photo by Jeriden Villegas / Unsplash
Island Health and the construction industry want to drive down the alarming number of men particularly those working in the trades and transport dying alone in their homes while using toxic street drugs.
The health authority launched a targeted eight-week awareness campaign Tuesday to prevent overdose deaths and deconstruct the silence and shame around men using drugs.
British Columbia is being ravaged by deaths from toxic illicit street drugs. There have been more than 7,000 fatal overdoses since a public health emergency was declared in April 2016. The pandemic has only compounded people s pain and isolation, and five people are now dying from toxic drugs on a daily basis. ....

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Island Health targeting men through new overdose awareness campaign

Island Health targeting men through new overdose awareness campaign
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Island Health is taking steps to address the overdose crisis on Vancouver Island.
This month they are kicking off an awareness campaign geared towards men to help prevent overdose deaths and to encourage them to break the silence about their drug use.
Last year in the Island Health region, 263 people died from illicit drug toxicity. Of those people, 225 were men (85%) – and 126 of them were in a private residence when they overdosed.
Throughout the 8-week campaign, outreach will be done through social media, radio and streaming messages, and ads in transit shelters. ....

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Overdose calls set single-day high, prompting warning from Island Health

“Over the past few months, our numbers continue to worry us,” said Dr. Sandra Allison, Island Health medical health officer in the central region. “They are not improving.”
More than 7,000 British Columbians have died in the five years since the public health emergency was declared. There were 1,716 illicit drug deaths last year, and almost 70 per cent of those dying were aged 30 to 59. Males accounted for 81 per cent of deaths.
The health authority is urging drug users especially in Victoria, Nanaimo, Comox Valley and Campbell River to use strategies to stay safe when using and to reach out to others, especially men, who are dying in the highest numbers, to talk about safer drug use. ....

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