B.C.'s Chief Coroner gives new legislation to combat fatal drug overdoses a failing grade

New legislation designed to combat fatal drug overdoses among youth is getting a failing grade from B.C.'s Chief Coroner. Amendments to the Mental Health Act will allow hospitals to impose involuntary emergency stabilization on those under the age of 19 who have overdosed.The BC Centre for Disease Control is leading the world in a study to detect small amounts of the COVID-19 virus in wastewater.The Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation is demanding the police officer who killed Chantal Moore be charged with murder. Moore died at her home in Edmunston New Brunswick on June the 4th, after being shot during a wellness check.Please help us to increase local news on our airwaves with a donation to chly.ca/support.Written and reported by Lisa Cordasco, News Director for CHLY 101.7FM.Have a tip? Email: [email protected] us on social mediaTwitter: @lisacordasco / @chly1017FMFunded by Sustaining Donors and the Community Radio Fund of Canada and Heritage Canada’s Local Journalism Initiative. Sustain CHLY’s News Department for many years to come by signing up for a monthly Sustaining Donation.