Overdose crisis announcement – Experts available

The B.C. and federal governments will make an important announcement this morning regarding the overdose crisis in B.C.

The following Simon Fraser University experts are available for interviews regarding the province’s overdose crisis and actions being announced to address it. 

AVAILABLE SFU EXPERTS

KORA DEBECK, associate professor, public policy & research scientist with the BC Centre on Substance Use at Providence Health Care
kdebeck@sfu.ca 
Expertise: (See recent research on drug quality decline during the pandemic) 

ALISSA GREER, assistant professor, criminology 
alissa_greer@sfu.ca
Expertise: how the overdose crisis continues to be driven by ineffective drug laws and policies, drug law reform (decriminalization, safer supply)

CONTACT 

MELISSA SHAW, SFU Communications & Marketing 
236.880.3297 | melissa_shaw@sfu.ca 

Simon Fraser University 
Communications & Marketing | SFU Media Experts Directory 
778.782.3210

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