School of nursing hosts Judy Darcy, Canada's first Minister of Mental Health and Addictions
Judy Darcy, B.C. Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, joined student nurses and faculty with UVic’s School of Nursing to share an announcement on campus April 4, 2018 to advance the scope of practice for all Nurse Practitioners in the province to prescribe therapies for those with opioid addiction. On average, four people die each day in B.C. from illicit drug overdose; more than 1,422 people died in B.C. last year.
https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2018MMHA0005-000564
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/nurse-practitioners-heroin-opioids-1.4605732
https://www.vicnews.com/news/nurse-practitioners-in-b-c-can-now-prescribe-opioid-substitutes/