Overdose prevention sites already making impact in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS — The record-setting number of overdose deaths across the province and throughout the B.C. Interior is adding to the urgency to find a solution quickly. Interior Health has set up two overdose prevention sites in Kamloops — one on either side of the river — and already the response has been overwhelming.
“How we’ve envisioned both sides of the river’s overdose prevention services is to have outreach workers basically using these as hubs to move around in the neighbourhoods where these folks are, making sure they have access to naloxone,” says ASK Wellness Executive Director Bob Hughes.
One is at ASK wellness on the North Shore and is the second prevention site to open, beginning services on Monday. The other, at the Crossroads Inn — a supportive housing facility run by ASK Wellness — opened its doors on Friday and has already made a difference with 34 naloxone kits handed out.