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Overdose crisis announcement – Experts available
The B.C. and federal governments will make an important announcement this morning regarding the overdose crisis in B.C.
The following ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV experts are available for interviews regarding the province’s overdose crisis and actions being announced to address it.
AVAILABLE ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV EXPERTS
KORA DEBECK, associate professor, public policy & research scientist with the BC Centre on Substance Use at Providence Health Care
kdebeck@sfu.ca
Expertise: (See
ALISSA GREER, assistant professor, criminology
alissa_greer@sfu.ca
Expertise: how the overdose crisis continues to be driven by ineffective drug laws and policies, drug law reform (decriminalization, safer supply)
CONTACT
MELISSA SHAW, ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Communications & Marketing
236.880.3297 | melissa_shaw@sfu.ca
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778.782.3210
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