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Health & Healthcare

Drugs and addiction platforms

Here's what the 2026 BC Provincial Election parties are promising.
We don't have any BC NDP policies on Drugs and addiction.

BC Conservative
  • End the prescribed alternatives programme, which provides people addicted to drugs with access to prescribed, safer alternatives

    "End the NDP’s failed “safe supply” experiment and expand access to naloxone." — conservativebc.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Review overdose prevention and safe consumption sites, and reduce their number

    "Conduct a review and reform of OPSes and injection/inhalation sites in consultation with local communities, with the goal of fewer and better-situated options that effectively provide a path to treatment and recovery." — Ready to Deliver, retrieved 2026-10-18

  • Amend the Mental Health Act to allow police officers to send people to mandatory treatment

    "Empower police to enforce the Mental Health Act and amend the Act so officers can connect people with mandatory treatment." — conservativebc.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Expand access to naloxone
  • Ban illegal drug use in hospitals, shelters, and publicly-funded supportive housing

    "Stop illegal drug use in hospitals, shelters and publicly funded supportive housing, so residents and staff are protected." — conservativebc.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13

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  • Expand detoxification, clinical treatment, recovery housing, and aftercare, including regional capacity for rural and northern communities and wraparound supports

    "We will expand detoxification, clinical treatment, recovery housing and aftercare across British Columbia, including regional capacity for rural and northern communities. Treatment will connect vulnerable people with housing, employment, primary care and family support." — Ready to Deliver, retrieved 2026-10-18

    "Recovery must be supported beyond the initial intervention. People leaving treatment or corrections will have appropriate plans for care, housing and follow-up." — Ready to Deliver, retrieved 2026-10-18

  • Improve coordination between child and family services, anti-drug education in schools, mental health and addiction services, education, and housing

    "We will strengthen upstream intervention for vulnerable children and youth, particularly those already receiving provincial services or at risk of falling through gaps between systems. We will improve coordination between child and family services, anti-drug education in schools, mental health and addiction services, education and housing so young people do not lose critical supports as they transition into adulthood." — Ready to Deliver, retrieved 2026-10-18

BC Green
  • Provide regulated, pharmaceutical alternatives to the illicit drug supply

    "Provide regulated, pharmaceutical alternatives to the illicit drug supply to reduce fatalities associated with substance use. Our main priority must be keeping people alive. The supply must be based on advice from health professionals and advocacy groups." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Extend the Mobile Response Team's psychosocial support, education, and training to peers working on the frontlines of the toxic drug crisis

    "Extend the Mobile Response Team’s psychosocial support, education, and training to peers working on the frontlines of the toxic drug crisis, ensuring that everyone impacted by critical incidents, such as overdoses, receives necessary support." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Ensure supervised consumption sites and overdose prevention sites have safe inhalation spaces
  • Ensure supervised consumption sites and overdose prevention sites serve as connection points for detox, recovery, housing, and other supports

    "Enhance access to supervised consumption sites and overdose prevention sites. Ensure that they have the capacity for safe inhalation spaces to reduce harm and public drug use, and support public safety. Ensure these spaces are connection points for detox, recovery, housing, and other supports." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Increase access to transitional and public housing projects for drug users, with wrap-around healthcare and harm reduction

    "Increase access to transitional and public housing projects, with wrap-around healthcare and harm reduction principles." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

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  • Match investments in bed-based care with a spectrum of community-based outpatient substance use treatment services
  • Decriminalise possession of drugs for personal use, and ensure full supports for drug users that weren't made available when decriminalisation was first half-tried

    "Treat drug use as a health and social issue, not a criminal one, by decriminalising possession of drugs for personal use. Alongside decriminalization, implement the measures on housing, mental health, and voluntary care that the Eby’s Government failed to, ensuring people who use drugs have the full range of support needed." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Ensure children and youth are educated about drug risks and supported by trusted adults to make informed decisions
  • Build out mobile and 24-hour overdose prevention sites
  • Allocate annual funding for existing drug-checking services

    "Allocate annual funding for existing drug-checking services to ensure their sustainability." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Create an evidence-based standard of care for all substance use treatment services, informed by experts and community leaders
  • Create an accessible, voluntary treatment system for mental health and substance use

    "Create and fund an accessible, voluntary system for mental health and substance use, reducing the use of police and criminal justice resources on healthcare issues." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Include people working on the frontlines of the overdose crisis, and those who have experienced substance use, in decision-making processes

    "Ensure that individuals working on the frontlines and those with lived experiences of substance use are supported and valued in decision-making processes." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

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