International Overdose Awareness Day - Vancouver

International Overdose Awareness Day - Vancouver

Carl Gladue, front, helps carry an empty coffin during a march organized by the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU) to mark International Overdose Awareness Day, in Vancouver, BC, Canada on Thursday, August 31, 2023. More than 12,000 lives have been lost to illicit drugs since the province declared a public health emergency in April 2016. Photo by Darryl Dyck/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

International Overdose Awareness Day - Vancouver

International Overdose Awareness Day - Vancouver

Andrew Leavens, front left, and Carl Gladue, right, carry an empty coffin during a march organized by the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU) to mark International Overdose Awareness Day, in Vancouver, BC, Canada on Thursday, August 31, 2023. More than 12,000 lives have been lost to illicit drugs since the province declared a public health emergency in April 2016. Photo by Darryl Dyck/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

International Overdose Awareness Day - Vancouver

International Overdose Awareness Day - Vancouver

Carl Gladue helps carry an empty coffin during a march organized by the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU) to mark International Overdose Awareness Day, in Vancouver, BC, Canada on Thursday, August 31, 2023. More than 12,000 lives have been lost to illicit drugs since the province declared a public health emergency in April 2016. Photo by Darryl Dyck/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

International Overdose Awareness Day - Vancouver

International Overdose Awareness Day - Vancouver

Andrew Leavens, front left, and Carl Gladue, front right, carry an empty coffin during a march organized by the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU) to mark International Overdose Awareness Day, in Vancouver, BC, Canada on Thursday, August 31, 2023. More than 12,000 lives have been lost to illicit drugs since the province declared a public health emergency in April 2016. Photo by Darryl Dyck/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

International Overdose Awareness Day - Vancouver

International Overdose Awareness Day - Vancouver

Andrew Leavens, front left, and Carl Gladue, front right, carry an empty coffin during a march organized by the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU) to mark International Overdose Awareness Day, in Vancouver, BC, Canada on Thursday, August 31, 2023. More than 12,000 lives have been lost to illicit drugs since the province declared a public health emergency in April 2016. Photo by Darryl Dyck/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

International Overdose Awareness Day - Vancouver

International Overdose Awareness Day - Vancouver

Carl Gladue helps carry an empty coffin during a march organized by the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU) to mark International Overdose Awareness Day, in Vancouver, BC, Canada on Thursday, August 31, 2023. More than 12,000 lives have been lost to illicit drugs since the province declared a public health emergency in April 2016. Photo by Darryl Dyck/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM