B.C Premier David Eby is ordering a review of a program that dispenses free drug paraphernalia and testing kits from hospital vending machines.
The harm reduction kiosks have been placed at three Vancouver Island hospitals in Nanaimo, Campbell River and Victoria. The machines offer free access to harm reduction supplies, like naloxone, drug testing strips and safe sex kits — but also to drug paraphernalia, like bubble pipes and snorting utensils.
The review comes after Gwen O’Mahony, the B.C. Conservative candidate for the Nanaimo-Lantzville riding, posted a video to social media on Monday highlighting some of her concerns.
In the video, O’Mahony dispenses herself a free bubble pipe from the machine, located …