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May 12, 2026
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Vaughn Palmer: B.C. government needs to take leading role to ensure overdose sites don't wreck neighbourhoods
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Vaughn Palmer: B.C. government needs to ensure overdose sites don't wreck neighbourhoods
Opinion: For now, politicians are ducking and leaving it to Coastal Health to push the third iteration of a troubled overdose prevention site
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By Vaughn Palmer
Published May 12, 2026
Last updated May 13, 2026
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