Op-Ed: The real questions about Cory Monteith’s death

published on July 23, 2013 in Ottowa Citizen

When famous Canadian actor Cory Monteith was found dead of a drug overdose on July 13, it shocked the world, and drew international headlines.

It was a stunning development, as Monteith, 31, appeared to have his well-documented battle with addiction under control, having served a stint in rehab just a few months earlier, and seemed to most to be on the right path — in recovery and thriving.

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Research by the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS has demonstrated the facility’s “profound positive impact on public health and order in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.” Researchers found that since the facility’s opening, overdose deaths have fallen in the Downtown Eastside, and no overdose at Insite has resulted in a fatality; that since 2007, new HIV infections among Vancouver injection drug users have fallen 50 per cent per year, and that use of detox programs has increased by more than 30 per cent among Insite users. The evidence has been published in the world’s leading scientific and medical journals.

Kelly Roesler
Ottowa Citizen
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St. Paul's Hospital 608–1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6Z 1Y6
Tel: 604-806-8477 | Fax: 604-806-9044
General inquiries: info@bccfe.ca
Media inquiries: communications@bccfe.ca
(Please do not use any of these email addresses to send personal information or book an appointment. To book appointments or contact the H2H clinic, please call 604-416-1517 or fax: 604-564-4893. Do not send your or your client's personal information via email.)

Our work serves clients and communities across British Columbia on lands and waters cared for and nurtured by the many distinct First Nations across the province. The BC-CfE humbly and gratefully acknowledge the stewards of these lands, particularly the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaʔ (Tsleil-Waututh) on whose unceded, traditional and ancestral territories our offices are located.