There is no evidence of widespread diversion of safe-supply drugs, British Columbia’s solicitor general and the RCMP said Monday, after Federal Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith cited a recent drug seizure to criticize the province’s program.
Mike Farnworth told reporters he had spoken to the RCMP’s commanding officer in B.C. about the seizure in Prince George and was told the idea that there is widespread diversion is “simply not true.
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