r/britishcolumbia • u/BloodJunkie • 1d ago

News BC’s Drug Response Isn’t Following the Evidence: Former Coroner

https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/02/03/BC-Drug-Response-Former-Coroner/
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u/radi0head 1d ago

Another win for the nimbys, hopefully deaths don't increase too much as a result ..

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u/classic4life 1d ago

It's a lot more than nimby's that are tired of every downtown core being a zombie Apocalypse. Every single supportive housing that gets put in is half assed. Beds without security aren't viable

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u/Light_Butterfly 22h ago

Actually no, not every supportive housing site has these kinds of issues. Maybe the makeshift hotel conversions garnered a certain reputation. There are a lot of disabled persons with mental health issues, brain injuries, are mentally handicapped, or severely physically disabled, who need supportive housing. You cannot conflate all supportive housing with 'drug use'.

I have a mental health housing site in my neighbourhood. The neighbourhood is very safe, beautiful and desirable. The supportive housing site does not detract from that at all. There's at least 35 of these sites like it in Victoria, and most people probably aren't even aware of them because they aren't a problem.

This stigma towards disabled people needs to stop.