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VOL 24 - ISSUE 01
www.theasianstar.com SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2025
Govt audit confirmed 'safe supply' drugs being trafficked
BC Conservatives demand inquiry and Dr. Boney Henry be fired The BC Conservatives have called on David Eby to take action following revelations that a significant amount of "safe supply" drugs doled out since 2022 have not been consumed by their intended recipients. Surrey South MLA and Solicitor General and Public Safety Critic Elenore Sturko asked the premier to fire Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry, and launch a public inquiry. A leaked Ministry of Health audit presentation showed that many drugs were instead being trafficked not just across British Columbia, but throughout Canada and
internationally as well. According to the document, obtained by the BC Conservative caucus, pharmacists and doctors prescribed 22,418,000 doses of opioids to around 5,000 patients in the province. That's an average of 4,483 per person. Hydromorphone accounted for 19%, while fentanyl patches, oxycodone, dextroamphetamine sulfate, and morphone sulfate came in at 13%, 7%, 2%, and 1%, respectively. A "significant portion" of the drugs in question were "not being consumed by their intended recipients." Continued on Page 6...
How does fentanyl get into the US? President Donald Trump has imposed sweeping tariffs on Chinese goods, citing Beijing's failure to stop the export of chemicals used in the production of the powerful opioid fentanyl. The US has long accused Chinese corporations of knowingly supplying groups involved in the creation of the drug. Beijing has hit back with tariffs of its own. The White House has also accused Canada and Mexico of failing to prevent criminal gangs from smuggling fentanyl into the US. Trump had planned tariffs against both those countries but he suspended that threat after winning some concessions on increased border security. Fentanyl is a synthetic drug
manufactured from a combination of chemicals. US regulators approved it for use in medical settings as a pain reliever in the 1960s, but it has since become the main drug responsible for opioid overdose deaths in the US. Continued on Page 10...
Trump’s threats unleash patriotic wave among Canadians
After hearing the news that U.S. President Donald Trump planned to impose 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian exports, Miksha shelved his plans to apply to Boston University, Yale and Harvard for graduate studies. Continued on Page 6...
Incarceration reduces reoffending rates in BC, SFU study finds A new, long-term study of youth who have experienced incarceration in British Columbia has found that those who have spent more time in custody showed a decrease in reoffending following release from prison. The research was led by Evan McCuish, an associate professor in the School of Criminology at Simon Fraser University, and published in the Journal of Criminal Justice. This study used data from BC Corrections to look specifically at offenders in the Canadian justice system. Continued on Page 10...
US military plane carrying deported Indians lands in Punjab A US deportation flight carrying about 100 Indian nationals accused of entering the country illegally has landed in the state of Punjab. The military aircraft, which left Texas late on Tuesday, is now in the city of Amritsar where authorities say they have put measures in place to process the deportees. President Donald Trump has made the mass deportation of undocumented foreign nationals a key policy. The US is said to have identified about 18,000 Indian nationals it believes entered illegally. Trump has said India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi had assured him that the country would "do
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what's right" in accepting US deportations. Authorities in Punjab say they have set up special counters to receive the deportees, adding the individuals would be treated in a "friendly" manner. Continued on Page 10...
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