Opiods & Vaping with Mark Tyndall

Mark Tyndall (MD, ScD, FRCPC) is a Harvard trained doctor, the former Executive Director of the BC Centre for Disease Control, Deputy Provincial Health Officer of BC, and the Director of UBC’s School of Population and Public Health. Much of his career was spent working on HIV/AIDS, including a stint in Africa.

1:00 - Overdose prevention sites

3:24 - HIV prevention

8:35 - The price for HIV and Hep C antivirals

15:20 - The introduction of Fentanyl into British Columbia

18:00 - There's no more heroin in Vancouver - Why?

23:30 - Sad news: Fentanyl deaths decreased in 2018

32:24 - Drug crimes

37:54 - The REAL problem: Drug Hustle

44:47 - Gentrification - Compressing the Downtown East Side

47:30 - The solution

51:35 - Vaping in Canada

1:00:30 - Are JUULs safe?

1:07:50 - Youths and vaping

1:10:23 - Popcorn lung