Episode 219: Love in the Time of Fentanyl

Episode 219: Love in the Time of Fentanyl

Sabrina Furminger
Podcasts

It’s been six years since the British Columbia government declared the opioid overdose crisis a public health emergency. More than 9,400 British Columbians have died from overdoses since January 2016. 174 people were lost in the month of February 2022 alone. Colin Askey’s film Love In The Time Of Fentanyl goes beyond the cold statistics and to the heart of what’s at stake: human beings in our province, all of whom are worthy of love, care, and respect. Love In the Time of Fentanyl highlights the work of the Overdose Prevention Society, AKA OPS, in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. OPS is a low-barrier, peer-run site where people can use their own illicit drugs, access sterile harm reduction equipment, and receive emergency overdose response as needed. 

OPS is run by people who’ve come together to save the lives of people in their community – people they love. And this gift that they’re giving – this gift of their time and space and clean drug rigs and no judgment – is working. No one has died from an overdose at an overdose prevention site. This is what community looks like. This is what harm reduction looks like. This is what love can do.

Love In The Time of Fentanyl screens at the 2022 DOXA Documentary Film Festival. In this compelling conversation with Sabrina Rani Furminger, Colin Askey talks about Love In The Time of Fentanyl and what OPS can tell us about the compassion and care required to save lives during this devastating time.

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