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Oct 13, 2026
David BallHOST
Episodes in Season 7 on rural and remote substance use care were developed with funding support from the Rural Coordination Center of BC.
David BallHOST
The Addiction Practice Pod is made possible through financial contributions from the BC Ministry of Health with founding support from Doctors of BC and Health Canada.
David BallHOST
The ideas expressed here don't necessarily reflect those organizations' views.
David BallHOST
Until next episode, I'm David Ball.
Michael MulliganGUEST
The supervised consumption sites are ones that have this federal approval that exempts them from some sections of the Controlled Drugs and Substances, uh, Act and the people that are working there.
Michael MulliganGUEST
The overdose prevention sites, interestingly, are things approved by the BC Ministry of Health, where there is no federal exemption, meaning that the people there, if you're, you know, taking drugs or handling them, like taking them and testing them and handing them back, for example-
Adam StirlingHOST
Mm-hmm
Michael MulliganGUEST
... well, you've just trafficked in drugs, and the people that are working there don't have, uh, any, uh, federal exemption, and the BC Ministry of Health has no, uh, power to exempt you from criminal law federally.
Michael MulliganGUEST
And so they're just sort of doing that, uh, without really any legal cover.
Michael MulliganGUEST
Uh, I must say, uh, of interest, there was an announcement the other day about, for example, UVic saying they were going to start offering a testing service, I guess for students, about drugs that they were using.
Michael MulliganGUEST
The supervised consumption sites are ones that have this federal approval that exempts them from some sections of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and the people that are working there.
Michael MulliganGUEST
The overdose prevention sites, interestingly, are things approved by the BC Ministry of Health.
Michael MulliganGUEST
where there is no federal exemption, meaning that the people there, if you're taking drugs or handling them, like taking them and testing them and handing them back, for example, well, you've just trafficked in drugs.
Michael MulliganGUEST
And the people that are working there don't have any federal exemption.
Michael MulliganGUEST
And the BC Ministry of Health has no power to exempt you from criminal law federally.
Michael MulliganGUEST
And so they're just sort of doing that without really any legal cover.
Michael MulliganGUEST
I must say, of interest, there was an announcement the other day about, for example, UVic saying they were going to start offering a testing service, I guess, for students about drugs that they were using.
David BallHOST
Episodes in Season 7 on rural and remote substance use care were developed with funding support from the Rural Coordination Centre of BC.
David BallHOST
The Addiction Practice Pod is made possible through financial contributions from the BC Ministry of Health, with founding support from Doctors of BC and Health Canada.
David BallHOST
The ideas expressed here don't necessarily reflect those organizations' views.
David BallHOST
Until next episode, I'm David Ball.
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Remembering how hospitals have always strived to operate more effectively, a fascinating piece of Nanaimo's history recently resurfaced in the Nanaimo Bulletin.
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Back in December of 1995, the British Columbia Ministry of Health provided a loan of $175,000 to the Nanaimo Regional General Hospital.
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now NRGH, through what was called the Health Innovation Incentive Program.
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The funds were used to install an automated system for managing medical supplies, essentially replacing older storage methods.