A drug-checking device that's the first of its kind in Canada is going to be tested in Vancouver — the epicentre of the province's unprecedented overdose crisis — to help prevent more deaths. A statement from the province said the machine can detect multiple substances at once within minutes. Previously, the free testing had only been available in Vancouver. "Tackling this overdose crisis takes a whole province … it will take an entire province to turn this around," the minister said Friday. Vancouver sees the highest number of overdoses in the province, followed by the cities of Surrey and Victoria.

Source: CBC News November 10, 2017 16:07 UTC