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Originally Posted by chemgear

As some expected.

https://nationalpost.com/news/opiate...ss-canada-rcmp

B.C.'s 'safe supply' drugs being sold by organized crime across Canada: RCMP

Thousands of opiate pills obtained by prescription through a “safe supply” harm reduction program have been seized by police in Prince George, B.C., after they were found to have been diverted to organized crime groups reselling them across Canada, the RCMP said.

“Many of the pills that were seized had been prescribed to specific individuals but were found all collected together, no longer belonging to those individuals,” she added. “It might mean how we regulate our safe supply might need a sober second glance.”

Some of the recipients of the safe supply narcotics are apparently not satisfied with the government’s products.

“Our drug users are looking maybe for something more potent or something more specific than what they’d been prescribed,” said Cooper.

Search warrants by the RCMP’s Street Crew Unit have uncovered several drug trafficking groups dealing in safe supply drugs.

The RCMP investigation confirms fears of some who are opposed to safe supply as a way to curb spiking opiate addiction and drug-related deaths.

“If these are getting into the hands of our youth or young adults who may think this is a safe way to get high, it is concerning to us.

“It’s also concerning that it’s another way for organized crime groups to make money very quickly with little to no effort on their part,” Cooper said. “This is only perpetuating and possibly exacerbating the problem.”

Looks like the National Post article that started off this current round of discussion was intentionally misleading. As were Danielle Smith's and PP's follow up comments. Completely shocking from such bastions of objectivity and honesty as Post Media, PP, and Smith, I know.

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canad...orth-and-rcmp/

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."

A subsequent statement attributed to John Brewer, assistant commissioner with the B.C. RCMP, echoed Farnworth's remarks.

Farnworth, who is also B.C.'s public safety minister, said Smith and Poilievre shouldn't have made claims about the seizure without waiting for all the information.