Season 1 · Episode 7
December 1, 2020 - Andrea Woo, Dr. Hakique Virani, Dr. Elaine Hyshka, Kyle Jespersen
Real Talk Ryan Jespersen · Ryan Jespersen
December 1, 20202h 0m
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Show Notes
Globe and Mail health journalist Andrea Woo outlines Vancouver's move to decriminalize drug possession. Drs. Elaine Hyshka and Hakique Virani broaden the conversation to include Canada's opioid crisis amid COVID-19, and the importance of keeping politics out of public health. Ryan's brother Kyle Jespersen wraps the conversation with an inside look at Vancouver's InSite supervised consumption site, where millions of visits (and zero deaths) have been recorded since 2003.