Brishti reports on health care, drug policy, mental health, policing, race, sexual violence and the intersections between them. She was a finalist for several prestigious national and provincial awards for her work as a Capital Daily staff reporter. Her freelance reporting has been published in publications such as VICE, the Tyee, the Narwhal, National Geographic and BBC Future. She’s based in Victoria, Canada.
Two months after organizing one of the unsanctioned overdose prevention sites (OPS) that launched a movement across Canada, a British…
In a successful bid to stave off impending tariffs from President Donald Trump, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau resurfaced a…
British Columbia recently unveiled 26 publicly funded "substance-use treatment beds" in four communities across the province. Six of the beds…
Two months after doctors in British Columbia set up a pair of unsanctioned overdose prevention centers (OPC) outside local hospitals,…
On November 18, the newly organized group Doctors for Safer Drug Policy set up unsanctioned overdose prevention sites on the…
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There are many things that Ophelia Black, 22, would like to do. Going back to school, building a career and…
In 2011, public health researchers in Vancouver began conducting interviews with people who use drugs and had either been discharged…