Warrant reveals details behind B.C. safe-supply pill seizure - Campbell River RCMP search warrant that led to alleged find of 3,500 pills highlights issue of drug diversion
Warrant reveals details behind B.C. safe-supply pill seizure - Campbell River RCMP search warrant that led to alleged find of 3,500 pills highlights issue of drug diversion
According to a search warrant, Campbell River RCMP raided this property on the We Wai Kai First Nation in February as part of a drug-trafficking investigation. Police claim they seized 3,500 safe-supply hydromorphone pills, as well as fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine.
I don't understand the economics of this. For someone with addiction to harder drugs, I can see why they would trade what they get from safe supply for the harder stuff.
But what's in it for the trafficker? Who's buying those pills? Who are these people that want safe supply drugs instead of the harder ones? If such people exist, why aren't they getting their supply from the program? Is it a matter of dosing, i.e. the safe supply is not offering a sufficient dose for these people?
3500 pills? That doesn't seem like a lot.
After a bit of googling, it turns out it isn't. There are a little over 4500 active prescriptions for it in BC as of April, at up to 28 pills per day for some users.
They're trading it in for harder stuff, or even just money for food in some cases according to other articles.