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Recommendation 2: Work with the Ministry of Health to create a strict set of regulations and a monitoring system for all recovery centres in the province. This will include security, standards of care and safe discharge plans.
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Recommendation 3: Work with the Ministry of Education to ensure that provincial public school education strategies include standardized, up-to-date drug safety messages from primary through secondary school, including mental health literacy and coping strategies and timely referrals to treatment and supports for individuals experiencing problems.
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Recommendation 5: Work with public safety partners to acknowledge the harmful impacts of criminalization and punitive drug policies in driving the addiction and overdose crisis, and work with the federal government to decriminalize the possession and use of illicit drugs in Canada.
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Recommendation 98: Women with lived experience need to be included in any collaborative initiatives around violence, mental health and substance use in the lives of women. (p.20)
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Recommendation 36: We call upon the federal, provincial, and territorial governments to work with Aboriginal communities to provide culturally relevant services to inmates on issues such as substance abuse, family and domestic violence, and overcoming the experience of having been sexually abused.
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Recommendation 33: We call upon the federal, provincial, and territorial governments to recognize as a high priority the need to address and prevent Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), and to develop, in collaboration with Aboriginal people, FASD preventive programs that can be delivered in a culturally appropriate manner.
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Recommendation 19: We call upon the federal government, in consultation with Aboriginal peoples, to establish measurable goals to identify and close the gaps in health outcomes between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities, and to publish annual progress reports and assess longterm trends. Such efforts would focus on indicators such as: infant mortality, maternal health, suicide, mental health, addictions, life expectancy, birth rates, infant and child health issues, chronic diseases, illness and injury incidence, and the availability of appropriate health services.
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Recommendation 22: The Provincial Court of British Columbia should: b. amend the Provincial Court of British Columbia, “Bail
Orders Picklist”, May 1, 2017 and Provincial Court of British Columbia, “Probation Orders Picklist” May 1, 2017 to: i. remove “Drug Paraphernalia” conditions; ii. restrict the use of “No Alcohol or Drugs” conditions
in relation to people with addictions; iii. remove “banishment” conditions entirely; iv. ensure that all “red zone” conditions are imposed only where doing so is required to protect the safety of a victim, witness, or the public from violence or serious harm. In doing so, red zones must be tailored to the alleged offence and the circumstances of the individual. Under no circumstances are standardized red zones appropriate; and v. prohibit the imposition of behavioural or geographic conditions that would interfere with the ability to access health or social services, including harm reduction health services.
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Recommendation 23: The Provincial Court of British Columbia should: Create a Provincial Court resource outlining “harm reduction services,” including a definition of: i. “drug paraphernalia” as harm reduction equipment; ii. “Safe Consumption Sites” and “Overdose Prevention Sites”; iii. needle exchange; iv. opioid substitution treatment; and v. low-barrier health services.
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Recommendation 13: Utilize BCCSU resources and other relevant tools to establish family support groups across the province.
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