***This episode was recorded on March 6, 2020.
Dr. Mark Tyndall is a professor at the University of British Columbia’s School of Population and Public Health. He led the launch of the MySafe Project, the first biometric opioid dispensing machine in the world, as the latest harm reduction strategy in the ongoing opioids poisoning crisis. A perennial entry on Vancouver Magazine’s Power 50 List (#6 in 2019; #7 in 2017), he is former Executive Medical Director of the BC Centre of Disease Control (BCCDC). He was first featured on This is VANCOLOUR in Episode 17.
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