Vancouver mayor says major gaps remain in fighting opioid crisis with the help of task force

Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson says 'We need to establish a comprehensive timeline and measures and evidence-based targets for the four pillars to the crisis and that doesn’t exist.'

Vancouver Gregor Robertson: 'We need to establish a comprehensive timeline and measures and evidence-based targets for the four pillars to the crisis and that doesn’t exist.'Photograph courtesy of the mayor's office

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BY SHRUTI SHEKAR

February 5, 2018

Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson says there are visible gaps remaining in accomplishing the objectives of a task force, which was launched by Federation of Canadian Municipalities, to help the federal government find a solution to the ongoing opioid crisis. In a phone interview last week with T...

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