Reflecting on International Drug Users Remembrance Day – FNHA
Jul 16, 2025
A message from the FNHA’s Office of the Chief Medical Officer (OCMO)
The FNHA is committed to upholding, listening to, and respecting the views expressed by First Nations people in BC as they share their perspectives about the toxic drug crisis.
International Drug Users Remembrance Day, held annually on July 21, is an opportunity to remember people lost to the toxic drug crisis as well as to have conversations about drug use and hear stories about recovery from drug use.
Corrina Chase, the OCMO’s Manager of Substance Use and Community-Based Initiatives, met with Wade Strobel of the Squamish (sḵwx̱wú7mesh) Nation to talk about Wade’s personal journey out of drug use and into health and wellness.
