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Substance use
Recommendation 15:
Create and regularly update an online resource where families in BC can find information on addiction treatment and related substance use services, navigating the addiction system, self-care, advocacy, and support through personal stories.
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Recommendation 16:
Create a support handbook for families who have lost loved ones to substance use-related harms such as overdose, in partnership with the BC Coroners Service and the BC Bereavement Helpline.
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Recommendation 18:
Create a Provincial Court resource outlining “harm reduction services,” including a definition of:
- “drug paraphernalia” as harm reduction equipment;
- “Safe Consumption Sites” and “Overdose Prevention Sites”;
- needle exchange;
- opioid substitution treatment; and v. low-barrier health services.
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Recommendation 7:
Continue steps to simplify and improve the income and disability application processes with the Ministry’s own disability-related “daily living activities” (e.g., decision-making or communicating effectively with others, etc.) in mind. In particular, the application should only collect information that is necessary and relevant; avoid asking for the same information twice; and not focus solely on deficits, but allow applicants to identify positive qualities, abilities or activities such as volunteering without impacting eligibility.
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Recommendation 47:
Close the gaps in health outcomes between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities and 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 2:
- Strengthen Indigenous self-identity
- Provide a home, a safe environment – with love and no judgement
- Feast – eat together – share stories around the table, and feed the spirit
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Recommendation 6:
Build a more timely and porous communication system allowing better information flow between service providers who provide care to people with substance use problems. This, in turn, will allow for a personalized continuum of care to be established either on demand or following admission to the Emergency Department.
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Recommendation 3:
- Based on respect and taking care of each other
- Foster cultural connections and cultural resurgence
- Make ceremony foundational
- Design with Indigenous natural laws as the guide
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Recommendation 68:
Apply an equity lens to all provincial, regional, and municipal transportation planning to ensure all forms of transportation infrastructure are affordable, accessible, and safe for at-risk and low-income community members.
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Recommendation 15:
Amend the Public Prosecution Service of Canada Deskbook Part 3.18 sections 2 and 5 to:
- more clearly reflect the Criminal Code requirement that an accused be released unconditionally unless their detention or the imposition of conditions is justified; and
- take into consideration the potential harms of imposing certain conditions on certain individuals based on their social condition, race, ability status, housing status, and substance use. ii. take into consideration the potential harms of imposing certain conditions on certain individuals based on their social condition, race, ability status, housing status, and substance use.
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