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Adam Zivo: RCMP was worried about safer supply, while downplaying harms in public

Leaked document shows the force's public comments did not match its private concerns

British Columbia’s new conservative government has vowed to overhaul the province’s drug policies, but perhaps that should include an investigation into whether local RCMP leaders downplayed the dangers of “safer supply.”

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An obscure document produced by the B.C. RCMP, which originates from late 2025 and was provided to National Post last week by a concerned community member, raises questions about whether the mounties have been fully honest with the public about the failures of “harm reduction.”

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The 59-page slide deck delves into the myriad failures of the province’s harm-reduction policies. The presenter named on the cover page, Sgt. Arvind Dongriah, is the B.C. RCMP’s drug decriminalization co-ordinator and a member of its Investigative Services and Organized Crime division.

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